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Follicle   Listen
noun
Follicle  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
(b)
A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
(c)
A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.





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"Follicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... a considerable number of cells or ovules, although infinitely less than the number of spermatozoids contained in the testicles. From time to time some of these ovules enlarge and are surrounded by a vesicle with liquid contents, which is called the Graafian follicle. At the time of the monthly periods an egg (sometimes two) is discharged from its Graafian follicle, from one or other ovary. This phenomenon is called ovulation. The empty follicle becomes cicatrized in the ovary and is called the corpus ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel


Words linked to "Follicle" :   follicle-stimulating hormone, follicular, vesicle, sebaceous follicle, nabothian follicle, cyst, Graafian follicle, hair follicle


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