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follicle

UK/ˈfɒlɪkəl//ˈfɑlɪkəl/

follicle noun: a small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

follicle: a small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle
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Noun

follicle (plural follicles)

  1. A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
    • He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 345
  2. A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

follicle meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese

follicle in Tamil

சுரப்பி, பை, ஒருபுறவெடி கனி, சிற்றுறையம், நுண்குமிழ், நுண்அறை

follicle in Tagalog

botany
bingkasbunga

follicle in Arabic

anatomy
حُوَيْصِلَة ḥuwayṣila

follicle in Vietnamese

anatomy
nang

Examples of follicle in a sentence

  • When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
  • Four types of aggregate fruits include etaerios of achenes, follicles, drupelets, and berries.
  • The micropyle is normally a derivative of animal pole follicle cells.

All 28 example sentences with follicle

Forms of follicle

pluralfollicles

Plural of follicle: follicles

Origin of follicle

Borrowed from Latin folliculus.

Words formed from follicle

Phrases with follicle

Questions about follicle

What does follicle mean?
Follicle means a small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
What is follicle in Tamil?
Follicle in Tamil is சுரப்பி, பை, ஒருபுறவெடி கனி. See Follicle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is follicle?
Follicle is a noun.
How do you pronounce follicle?
Follicle is pronounced /ˈfɒlɪkəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of follicle?
The plural of follicle is follicles.

Words near follicle in the dictionary

  1. Folletts
  2. Folley
  3. Folleys
  4. follically
  5. follically challenged
  6. follicle
  7. follicle mite
  8. follicle mites
  9. follicle stage
  10. follicle stages
  11. follicle stimulating hormone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: follicle (page history and authors); follicle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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