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Follicle   Listen
noun
Follicle  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
(b)
A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
(c)
A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.





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Words linked to "Follicle" :   nabothian follicle, Graafian follicle, hair follicle, follicular, cyst, vesicle


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