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follicle (medicine)


follicle


1. <anatomy> Generally a small sac or vesicle.

2. <botany> A kind of fruit formed from a single carpel, that splits to release its seeds.

3. <dermatology> A hair follicle, an invagination of the epidermis into the dermis surrounding the hair root.

4. <gynaecology, physiology> An ovarian follicle, an oocyte surrounded by one or more layers of granulosa cells. As the ovarian follicle develops a cavity forms and it is then termed a Graafian follicle.