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follicle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cyst, vesicle |
| Has types | graafian follicle, hair follicle |
| Derivation | follicular |
Examples of follicle
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The follicle boundaries and the whisker are outlined by thin dashed black lines.
From the nature.com
The hormone inhibin acts to decrease the levels of follicle stimulating hormone.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After the follicle is split, the seed and separator are exposed to the elements.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ira Motor Group utilizes hair follicle tests for screens performed at this stage.
From the jobview.monster.com
In those days I thought it was funny to have this one wayward, maverick follicle.
From the metro.co.uk
Before a hair follicle shuts down, it first gets smaller and produces finer hair.
From the latimes.com
A loop is created and taken along the eyebrow, pulling the hair from the follicle.
From the post-gazette.com
Studies using it show that, like follicle number, ovarian size falls with age.
From the economist.com
Each hair follicle type includes a distinct combination of mechanosensory endings.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
- (follicular) of or relating to or constituting a follicle
- A follicle is a small spherical or vase-like group of cells containing a cavity in which some other structure grows. Follicles are best known as the sockets from which hairs grow in humans and other mammals, but the bristles of annelid worms also grow from such sockets.
- In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia, peony and milkweed.
- A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle; A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants
- (Follicles) A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges.
- (Follicles) Fluid-filled sacs in the ovary which contain the eggs released at ovulation. Each month an egg develops inside the ovary in a fluid filled pocket called a follicle.
- (2. Follicles) Simple, dry, dehiscent along one suture, apocarpous gynoecium. This is the most primitive fruit type. These fruits dehisce along the ventral suture and are common in Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Ranunculaceae, and Paeoniaceae.
- (Follicles) Microscopic spherical units that make up the thyroid gland.
