| Definition of 'hair follicle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hair follicle
a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them
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| Definition of 'hair follicle' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. hair follicle
A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN.
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