Bowman's capsule: Meaning and Definition of

Bow'man's cap'sule

Pronunciation: (bō'munz), [key]
— Anat. Anat.
  1. a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. Cf. Malpighian corpuscle.
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