follicle
Translation- follicle
- 1. A more or less spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. 2. A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. SYN: folliculus [TA]. [L. folliculus, a small sac, dim. of follis, a pair of bellows]- aggregated lymphatic follicles of small intestine SYN: aggregated lymphoid nodules of small intestine, under nodule.- aggregated lymphatic follicles of vermiform appendix SYN: aggregated lymphoid nodules, under nodule.- atretic ovarian f. a f. that degenerates before coming to maturity; great numbers of such atretic follicles occur in the ovary before puberty; in the sexually mature woman, several are formed each month. SYN: corpus atreticum.- growing ovarian f. a f. having several layers of proliferating follicular cells surrounding the ovum, but separated from it by an extracellular glycoprotein layer (zona pellucida).- hair f. [TA] a tubelike invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open; the f. is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. SYN: folliculus pili [TA].- intestinal follicles SYN: intestinal glands, under gland.- Lieberkühn follicles SYN: intestinal glands, under gland.- lingual follicles SYN: folliculi linguales, under folliculus.- luteinized unruptured f. a f. that has undergone luteinization without prior rupture; once thought to cause infertility but now believed to occur equally often in fertile and infertile women.- mature ovarian f. a f. ready for ovulation; in the human ovary its antrum attains a diameter of 6–8 mm and presents a surface bulge; a first maturation (meiotic) division of the ovum usually occurs just prior to the rupture of the f..- Montgomery follicles SYN: areolar glands, under gland.- multilaminar primary f. a primary ovarian f. with two or more layers of cuboidal follicular cells investing the oocyte.- nabothian f. SYN: nabothian cyst.- primary ovarian f. an ovarian f. before the appearance of an antrum; marked by developmental changes in the oocyte and follicular cells so that the latter form one or more layers of cuboidal or columnar cells; the f. becomes surrounded by a sheath of stroma, the theca. SYN: folliculus ovaricus primarius.- primordial ovarian f. a f. in which the primordial oocyte is surrounded by a single layer of flattened follicular cells.- solitary follicles SYN: solitary lymphatic nodules, under nodule.- splenic lymph follicles small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. SYN: folliculi lymphatici lienales, malpighian bodies, malpighian corpuscles (2), malpighian glands, malpighian nodules, splenic corpuscles, splenic lymph nodules.- unilaminar primary f. a primary ovarian f. with a single layer of cuboidal follicular cells investing the oocyte.- vesicular ovarian f. a f. in which the oocyte attains its full size and is surrounded by an extracellular glycoprotein layer (zona pellucida) that separates it from a peripheral layer of follicular cells permeated by one or more fluid-filled antra; the theca of the f. develops into internal and external layers. SYN: antral f., folliculus ovaricus vesiculosus, graafian f., secondary ovarian f., vesicular f..
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follicle — Generally a small sac or vesicle. Bot. A kind of fruit formed from a single carpel, that splits to release its seeds. Zool. Its use includes: hair follicle, an invagination of the epidermis into the dermis surrounding the hair root; ovarian… … Dictionary of molecular biology
follicle — ˈfɔlɪkl сущ. 1) зоол. кокон 2) анат. мешочек, сумка, фолликул 3) бот. стручок (ботаника) стручок листовка (типа плода) (анатомия) фолликул, сумка; … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
follicle — noun Etymology: New Latin folliculus, from Latin, diminutive of follis bag more at fool Date: 1646 1. a. a small anatomical cavity or deep narrow mouthed depression b. a small lymph node c. a vesicle in the mammalian ovary that contains a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
follicle — /fol i keuhl/, n. 1. Anat. a. a small cavity, sac, or gland. b. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle. 2. Bot. a dry seed vessel, or pod, consisting of a single carpel, splitting at maturity only along the… … Universalium
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