“bowman's”

The following 3 entries include the term bowman's.

Bowman's capsule

noun

: a thin membranous double-walled capsule surrounding the glomerulus of a vertebrate nephron through which glomerular filtrate passes to the proximal convoluted tubule

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Bowman's glands

plural noun

: branching tubular glands in the olfactory mucous membrane

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bowman's root

noun, sometimes capitalized B

: culver's root

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