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follicle

[fol-i-kuhl]

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noun

Anatomy.

a small cavity, sac, or gland.

one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.

Botany. a dry seed vessel, or pod, consisting of a single carpel, splitting at maturity only along the front part of the suture.

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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin folliculus small bag, shell, pod. See follis, -cle¹

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follicle (ˈfɒlɪk^əl)

—n
1.	any small sac or cavity in the body having an excretory, secretory, or protective function: a hair follicle
2.	botany a dry fruit, formed from a single carpel, that splits along one side only to release its seeds: occurs in larkspur and columbine

[C17: from Latin folliculus small bag, from follis pair of bellows, leather money-bag]

follicular

—*adj*

folliculate

—*adj*

fol'liculated

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

follicle

1640s, from L. folliculus "little bag," dim. of follis "bellows, inflated ball," from PIE *bhol-n-, suffixed form of base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).

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Medical Dictionary

follicle fol·li·cle (fŏl'ĭ-kəl)
n.

A small bodily cavity or sac.
A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges.
An ovarian follicle.
A spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity.

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Science Dictionary

follicle

(fŏl'ĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key

A small, protective sac, gland, or cluster of cells in the body. In mammals, unfertilized eggs develop in follicles located in the ovaries. Hair grows from follicles in the skin.
A dry, dehiscent fruit that develops from a single carpel, has a single chamber, and splits open along only one seam to release its seeds. The pod of the milkweed and the fruit of the magnolia are follicles.

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