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Definition of Follicle

1. Noun. Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity.

Definition of Follicle

1. n. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.

Definition of Follicle

1. Noun. (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Follicle

1. a small bodily cavity [n -S]

Medical Definition of Follicle

1. 1. Generally a small sac or vesicle. 2. A kind of fruit formed from a single carpel, that splits to release its seeds. 3. A hair follicle, an invagination of the epidermis into the dermis surrounding the hair root. 4. An ovarian follicle, an oocyte surrounded by one or more layers of granulosa cells. As the ovarian follicle develops a cavity forms and it is then termed a Graafian follicle. (12 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Follicle

Literary usage of Follicle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The whole ovary at this time becomes congested, and the ripe follicle bulges from its ... The most projecting portion of the wall of the follicle, which has ..."

2. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1875)
"through this opening, passes directly into the cavity of the G follicle. If the follicle be opened at this time by a longitudinal ..."

3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"into the stroma of the ovary, in which it becomes imbedded, the small cells forming a Graafian follicle (fott.) which encloses it. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"It closely resembles the follicle of the modern ... A similar follicle was described by Heer as ... Lomatia acutiloba Lx., and follicle of ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"We know little definite concerning the nature of the fluid tilling the ripe follicle, but it is probably of the nature of lymph; in ovarian cysts, ..."

6. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The Graafian follicle and the Corpus Luteum.—The functional value of the ovary is ... In the matured follicle there is a connective tissue covering, ..."

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