glomerulus

Etymology
From the diminutive of the glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".

Noun

 * 1)  A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
 * 2)  A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.
 * 3) Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: hiussuonikeränen
 * German:
 * Italian: glomerulo
 * Japanese: 糸球体
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: giloka mûlûleyan
 * Persian:
 * Spanish: glomérulo