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follicle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
follicle /ˈfɒlɪk(ə)l/

▶noun

1 the sheath of cells and connective tissue which surrounds the root of a hair.

2 short for Graafian follicle.

3 Botany a dry fruit derived from a single carpel and opening on one side only to release its seeds.

– derivatives
follicular /fɒˈlɪkjʊlə/ adjective,
follicularly adverb,
folliculate /-lət/ adjective,
folliculated adjective.

– origin ME: from L. folliculus ‘little bag’, dimin. of follis ‘bellows’.

'follicle' also found in these Oxford entries:

anagen - blackhead - follicle-stimulating hormone - FSH - Graafian follicle - theca

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