bowman

  • 101Bowman's capsule — the cup shaped end of a nephron, which encloses a knot of blood capillaries (glomerulus). It is the site of primary filtration of the blood into the kidney tubule. [Sir W. P. Bowman (1816–92), British physician] …

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  • 102Bowman's capsule — Bow′man s cap′sule [[t]ˈboʊ mənz[/t]] n. anat. a membranous, double walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron • Etymology: 1880–85; after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon …

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  • 103bowman's-root — virgininis veronikūnas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Veronicastrum virginicum), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Veronicastrum virginicum angl. blackroot; bowman s root;… …

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  • 104bowman's-root — trilapė draika statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Gillenia trifoliata), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Gillenia trifoliata angl. bowman s root; mountain Indian physic šaltinis Valstybinės… …

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  • 105bowman root — noun see bowman s root …

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  • 106bowman — I. noun Date: 13th century archer 1 II. noun Date: 1829 a boatman, oarsman, or paddler stationed in the front of a boat …

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  • 107bowman — bowman1 /boh meuhn/, n., pl. bowmen. an archer. [1250 1300; ME; see BOW2, MAN] bowman2 /bow meuhn/, n., pl. bowmen. bow3 (def. 4). [1820 30; BOW3 + MAN] * * * …

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  • 108bowman — noun /ˈbəʊmən,ˈboʊmən/ a) An archer. b) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow …

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  • 109Bowman — Sir William, English ophthalmologist, anatomist, and physiologist, 1816–1892. See B. capsule, B. disks, under disk, B. gland, B. membrane, B. muscle, B. probe, B. space …

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  • 110bowman — bow|man [ˈbəumən US ˈbou ] n plural bowmen [ mən] a soldier in the past whose weapon was a ↑bow …

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