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Bowman’s capsule [boh-muh nz] Word Origin noun Anatomy.
- a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
Compare Malpighian corpuscle. Origin of Bowman’s capsule 1880–85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon Word Origin and History for bowman’s capsule Bowman’s capsule
1882, named for English surgeon William Bowman (1816-1892).
bowman’s capsule in Medicine Bowman’s capsule [bō′mənz] n.
- A double-walled, cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water.malpighian capsule
bowman’s capsule in Science Bowman’s capsule [bō′mənz]
- A cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water. Bowman’s capsule is named after its identifier, English physician and physiologist, Sir William Bowman (1816-1892).