Follicle Definition

fŏlĭ-kəl
follicles
noun
Any small sac, cavity, or gland for excretion or secretion.
A hair follicle.
Webster's New World
A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges.
American Heritage Medicine
A lymph nodule.
Webster's New World
A spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity.
American Heritage Medicine
A dry seed pod with a single cavity, that splits open along only one seam to release its seeds, as a milkweed pod.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Follicle

Noun

Singular:
follicle
Plural:
follicles

Origin of Follicle

  • Latin folliculus little bag diminutive of follis bellows bhel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin folliculus.

    From Wiktionary

Follicle Sentence Examples

  • No regular follicle is formed, but the odcyte absorbs nutriment from the remaining odgonia.

  • Hair is formed by rapid divisions of cells at the base of the follicle.

  • When the egg is released (at ovulation) the follicle turns into a small structure called a corpus luteum.

  • The pituitary gland found in the brain increases a follicle stimulating hormone known as FSH.

  • Hair consists of the shaft and the root, which is anchored into a follicle beneath the epidermis.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOL

Words Ending With

ELECLE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With E