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fol·li·cle
(fŏl′ĭ-kəl)n.
1. Anatomy
a. A small bodily cavity or sac.
b. A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges.
c. An ovarian follicle.
d. A spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity.
2. Botany A dry, single-chambered fruit that splits along only one seam to release its seeds, as in larkspur and milkweed.
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follicle
(ˈfɒlɪkəl)n
1. (Anatomy) any small sac or cavity in the body having an excretory, secretory, or protective function: a hair follicle.
2. (Botany) botany a dry fruit, formed from a single carpel, that splits along one side only to release its seeds: occurs in larkspur and columbine
[C17: from Latin folliculus small bag, from follis pair of bellows, leather money-bag]
follicular, folliculate, folˈlicuˌlated adj
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fol•li•cle
(ˈfɒl ɪ kəl)n.
1. Anat.
a. a small cavity, sac, or gland.
b. one of the small ovarian sacs containing a maturing ovum; Graafian follicle.
2. a dry seed pod consisting of a single carpel, splitting at maturity along the front of the seam.
[1640–50; < Latin folliculus small bag, shell, pod =folli(s) bag, purse + -culus -cle1]
fol•lic•u•lar (fəˈlɪk yə lər) fol•lic′u•late (-lɪt, -ˌleɪt) fol•lic′u•lat`ed, adj.
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fol·li·cle
(fŏl′ĭ-kəl)1. A small, protective sac in the body. In most vertebrate animals, fertilized eggs develop in follicles located in the ovaries. In mammals, hair develops and grows from follicles in the skin.
2. A dry fruit that has a single chamber and splits open along only one seam to release its seeds. Milkweed pods are follicles.
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follicle
A small secreting cavity or sac. Ova (egg cells) develop in follicles in the female ovaries. See hair follicle.
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| Noun | 1. |  follicle - any small spherical group of cells containing a cavityvesicle, cyst - a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) hair follicle - a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them Graafian follicle - a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg |
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follicle
n → Follikel nt
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fol·li·cle
n. folículo, saco, bolsa, depresión o cavidad excretora;
atretic ___ → ___ atrésico;
gastric ___ → ___ gástrico;
hair ___ → ___ piloso;
ovarian ___ → ___ ovárico;
thyroid ___ → ___ tiroideo.
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follicle
n folículo; hair — folículo piloso; ovarian — folículo ováricoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.