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Glomerulus (kidney)
The glomerulus, also called the renal glomerulus, is a knot of capillaries in the kidney where blood is filtered to begin forming urine; with Bowman's capsule it forms the renal corpuscle.
Glomus (fungus)
Glomus, a genus of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (phylum Glomeromycota, family Glomeraceae; type species Glomus macrocarpum) forming root symbioses; historically the largest AMF genus, now known to be non-monophyletic, with species delimited by phosphate transporter genes and many species renamed, e.g. G. intraradices to Rhizophagus.
Glomus tumor
Glomus tumor (glomangioma): rare benign painful tumor of glomus cells of the Sucquet-Hoyer canal, usually subungual, 1-5% of hand tumors, first described by Masson 1924; distinct from glomus tympanicum paraganglioma.
Glomuvenous malformation
Glomuvenous malformation (glomangioma, GVM), a rare autosomal dominant slow-flow venous malformation caused by GLMN mutations, presenting as painful, cobblestone, bluish-purple cutaneous lesions mainly on the extremities, distinct from common venous malformations.
GLONASS (Глобальная навигационная спутниковая система)
GLONASS, or ГЛОНАСС, is Russia's global navigation satellite system, operated by the Russian Ministry of Defense as a counterpart to GPS and restored to 24 satellites in 2011.
GLONASS-K (ГЛОНАСС-К)
GLONASS-K (ГЛОНАСС-К), also designated Uragan-K, is a third-generation Russian navigation satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for GLONASS, first launched in 2011. It introduced an L3 CDMA civil signal and a COSPAS-SARSAT search-and-rescue payload.
Gloo
Gloo is an American technology company, founded in 2013 in Boulder, Colorado, that builds software and AI tools for churches and faith-based organizations; it went public on the Nasdaq under symbol GLOO in 2025.
Gloomhaven
Gloomhaven: cooperative card-driven tactical campaign board game by Isaac Childres (Cephalofair Games, 2017), 1-4 players, 101 scenarios, attack modifier decks instead of dice, former BoardGameGeek #1.
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday (Szomorú vasárnap), the 1933 Hungarian song by Rezső Seress and László Jávor, famed as the "Hungarian Suicide Song" for its alleged link to 1930s suicides and BBC ban.
Glooscap cycle
The Glooscap cycle is the linked oral legends of the Wabanaki peoples centering on Glooscap, a culture hero who shaped the land and taught people how to live.
Glorantha
Glorantha is Greg Stafford's mythic Bronze Age fantasy world, begun in 1966 and first published in the 1975 board game White Bear and Red Moon, best known as the setting of RuneQuest, HeroQuest, and King of Dragon Pass.
Glorb
Glorb, also known as Dankton, is an anonymous internet musician making original rap songs with AI-generated SpongeBob SquarePants character voices, viral for "The Bottom 2" (2023); identity unconfirmed.
Gloreha
Gloreha, an acronym for Hand Rehabilitation Glove, is a robotic hand rehabilitation system developed by Idrogenet of Lumezzane, Italy, using a cable-driven glove to mobilize fingers after stroke.
Glorfindel
Glorfindel (Laurefindelë) is a Tolkien Elf-lord, chief of Gondolin's House of the Golden Flower, slain with a Balrog at the Fall of Gondolin, re-embodied, and later the Rivendell lord who rescues Frodo at the Ford of Bruinen.
Glória
Glória is a Portuguese historical spy thriller television series, the first original series Netflix produced in Portugal, set in 1968 during the Cold War in the village of Glória do Ribatejo.
Gloria (1980 film)
Gloria (1980) is John Cassavetes's Columbia Pictures crime drama starring Gena Rowlands as an ex-gun moll protecting a boy from the mob; it shared the 1980 Venice Golden Lion and earned Rowlands an Oscar nomination.
Gloria (American TV series)
Gloria (1982–1983) is a one-season CBS sitcom spin-off of All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place, starring Sally Struthers as divorced single mother Gloria Stivic working for veterinarians in Fox Ridge, New York; it ranked 18th in Nielsen ratings but was not renewed.
Gloria (Them song)
Gloria (Them song), written by Van Morrison, recorded July 1964 and released as the B-side of Baby Please Don't Go; a three-chord garage rock standard covered by the Shadows of Knight, the Doors, and Patti Smith.
Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)
Gloria is a 1979 Italian pop song by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, a number-two hit in Italy and chart-topper across Europe; Laura Branigan's 1982 English cover with Trevor Veitch's lyrics peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Gloria Allred
Gloria Allred (born 1941, Philadelphia) is an American feminist attorney, founding partner of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg (1976), known for discrimination, sexual misconduct, and same-sex marriage cases, and for representing Cosby, Weinstein, and Moore accusers.
Gloria B. Choi
Gloria B. Choi, also published as Gloria Bohyun Choi, is an MIT neuroscientist known for showing how maternal immune responses can produce autism-like behaviors in mice.
Gloria Bell
Gloria Bell is a 2019 A24 drama directed by Sebastián Lelio, remaking his 2013 Chilean film Gloria with Julianne Moore as a Los Angeles divorcée; 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, 78 on Metacritic, $5.6M US gross.
Gloria Borger
Gloria Borger, born 1952 in New Rochelle, New York, is an American political journalist and columnist, formerly CNN's chief political analyst until December 2024, previously of the Washington Star, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, CBS News, and CNBC.
Gloria De Piero
Gloria De Piero, born 1972, is a British broadcaster and former Labour MP for Ashfield (2010-2019), shadow minister for women and equalities, GMTV political editor, and now a GB News presenter.
Gloria DeHaven
Gloria DeHaven (July 23, 1925 – July 30, 2016), American actress and singer of 1940s-50s MGM musicals (Two Girls and a Sailor, Summer Stock), soap operas, and the 1997 film Out to Sea.
Gloria Diaz
Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz, Filipino actress and Miss Universe 1969, the first Filipina to win the crown; award-winning film and TV career from 1974, including Jose Rizal, Batang West Side, and Netflix's Insatiable.
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan (Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García, born 1957, Havana) is a Cuban-American singer who led Miami Sound Machine, scored the 1985 hit "Conga," sold over 100 million records, and won five Grammys.
Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster (1933–2001), American actress known as the Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded; three-time Obie winner for stage work including In White America and Having Our Say.
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor, born Gloria Fowles in 1943, is an American singer known as the Queen of Disco, best known for the 1978 anthem "I Will Survive".
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame (Gloria Hallward, 1923-1981), American actress and film noir icon; Oscar winner for The Bad and the Beautiful, known for Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Big Heat.