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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Bow′man's cap′sule [Anat.]

Anatomya membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. Cf. Malpighian corpuscle.

named after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon 1880–85

'Bowman's capsule' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Malpighian corpuscle - glomerulus

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