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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Follicle (0.00884 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Follicle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: follicle
follicle
n : any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Follicle
Follicle
\Fol"li*cle\, n. [L. folliculus a small bag, husk, pod,
dim of follis bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money
bag, perh. akin to E. bellows: cf. F. follicule. Cf. 2d
Fool.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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