follicle

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A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants
A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle

He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.

{n} a cavity or bag, a feed vessel of a single valve, opening lengthwise and feeds not fastened
A fluid-filled sac in the ovary which contains an egg that is released at ovulation Each month an egg develops inside the ovary in a fluid-filled pocket called a follicle This follicle grows to about one inch in size when it is ready to ovulate
A small anatomical sac, cavity, or deep narrow-mouthed depression In hair a follicle is a stratum corneum lined sac that extends into the dermis and contains the hair bulb It is also a fluid-filled sac in the ovary that releases an egg at ovulation
Part of the skin which the root of hair comes from
the pit in the skin from which a hair grows Sebaceous glands are usually attached
A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle
A dry, dehiscent fruit which splits longitudinally along a suture line [16]
A small anatomical cavity or deep narrow-mouthed depression; a small lymph node
A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed
Fluid filled sac in the ovary that contains a developing egg
{i} small sac or cavity (Anatomy); seed pod that is dry (Botany)
A dry capsular fruit splitting down one side, containing several seeds, and derived from a single carpel e g Horse chestnut
A small body cavity with a secretory or excretory function
The skin structure from which hair or wool fiber grows
In a mammalian ovary, the structure that is made up of a developing ovum surrounded by nurse (follicle) cells
A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt
The skin structure from which hair, fleece or wool fiber grows
The tiny shaft in the skin through which a hair grows, and sebum is excreted from sebaceous glands to the surface of the skin
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
a small sac or pore Hair follicles are depressions in the skin from which hair shafts grow; ovarian follicles are the site of ovum (egg) production
skin cavity in which a root of hair lies
The small fluid-filled sac containing the ovum which is to be released during ovulation Under the influence of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), many follicles compete for ovulation in each cycle, releasing ever larger quantities of estrogen One usually emerges as the dominant follicle (when more than one becomes dominant, two eggs may be released and fraternal twins may result should they both be fertilized and successfully implant) After ovulation, the dominant follicle becomes the corpus luteum and takes on a new role in your fertility cycle -- maintaining the thickness of the endometrium in anticipation of implantation by a fertilized ovum
A Fluid-filled sac in the ovary which contains an egg that is released at ovulation Each month an egg develops inside the ovary in a fluid filled pocket called a follicle This follicle grows to about one inch in size when it is ready to ovulate
A dry fruit which is derived from a single carpel and which splits open along one side only
A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle
Tiny shaft in the skin through which a hair grows Within the follicle, sebum is excreted from sebaceous glands onto the surface of the skin
A follicle is one of the small hollows in the skin which hairs grow from. one of the small holes in the skin that hairs grow from (folliculus, from follis )
A dry, dehiscent fruit developed from a simple ovary and splitting along one suture
A type of dry fruit derived from a single pistil that splits open along only one suture line, as in the pods of Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and the other milkweeds
dry dehiscent fruit which splits along one suture (line)
A structure in the ovaries that contains a developing egg
follicle stimulating hormone
A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals
follicle-stimulating hormone
alternate spelling of follicle stimulating hormone
follicle mite
Any of various tiny mites of the genus Demodex that infest the hair follicles of mammals
follicle stimulating hormone
A gonadotropic hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the growth of follicles in the ovary and induces the formation of sperm in the testis
follicle-stimulating hormone
(Medicine) sex hormone produced by the pituitary gland (stimulates maturation of ovarian follicles, endometrial growth, and estrogen production in women; stimulates the production of sperm in men), FSH
follicle-stimulating hormone
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals
Graafian follicle
A mature ovarian follicle at the final stage of folliculogenesis
hair follicle
The tubular epithelial sheath that surrounds the lower part of the hair shaft and encloses at the bottom a vascular papilla supplying the growing basal part of the hair with nourishment
follicles
hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue within the conjunctival stroma; resemble "Rice-a-Roni" embedded in the inferior conjunctiva; seen primarily in adenoviral and chlamydial infections, as well as in toxic reactions
follicles
fluid-filled sacs in the ovaries in which eggs grow
follicles
plural of follicle
follicles
roots of the hair
graafian follicle
a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg
hair follicle
a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with hair follicles
hair follicle
A tubular infolding of the epidermis containing the root of a hair
ovarian follicle
A cavity in the ovary containing a maturing ovum surrounded by its encasing cells
follicle

    Hyphenation

    fol·li·cle

    Turkish pronunciation

    fälıkıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfäləkəl/ /ˈfɑːləkəl/

    Etymology

    () From Latin folliculus.
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