Medical Definition of Folliculus

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 Folliculus

folliculinid
folliculinids
folliculitides
folliculitis
folliculitis abscedens et suffodiens
folliculitis barbae
folliculitis decalvans
folliculitis keloidalis
folliculitis nares perforans
folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata
folliculitises
folliculogenesis
folliculoma
folliculosis
folliculous
folliculus lymphaticus
folliculus ovaricus primarius
folliculus ovaricus vesiculosus
folliculus pili
follied
follies
folliful
follis
follistatin
follow
follow'd
follow-on
follow-ons

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