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Definition of Graafian follicle
1. Noun. A vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg.
Definition of Graafian follicle
1. Noun. (biology) A mature ovarian follicle at the final stage of folliculogenesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Graafian follicle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Graafian Follicle
Literary usage of Graafian follicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"... Graafian follicle and the Corpus Luteum.—The functional value of the ovary is
connected with the formation and rupture of the Graafian follicles, ..."
2. 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. ..."
3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1882)
"In all classes each Graafian follicle contains an egg, which varies in size in
different species and at different periods of growth. ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The essential event in menstruation is the escape of an ovum from its Graafian
follicle [Fig. 267]. The whole ovary at this time becomes congested, ..."
5. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1875)
"... membrane during menstruation — Changes in the Graafian follicle after its
rupture (corpus luteum) — Corpus luteum of pregnancy. have now to study, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1885)
"<!r<i<iti<ui F<iUl<-l<\—The changes in the Graafian follicle which an; associated
with the discharge of the ovules comprise—1. Maturation, As the period of ..."
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