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folliculus

folliculus is the obsolete form of follicle.

Meaning of follicle

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.

Forms of folliculus

pluralfolliculi

Origin of folliculus

Borrowed from Latin folliculus.

Questions about folliculus

What is folliculus the obsolete form of?
Folliculus is the obsolete form of follicle.

Words near folliculus in the dictionary

  1. folliculose
  2. folliculostellate
  3. folliculotropic
  4. folliculotropism
  5. folliculous
  6. folliculus
  7. follied
  8. follies
  9. folliful
  10. Follin
  11. Follingsby

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