Definitions for follicle
ˈfɒl ɪ kəlfol·li·cle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. folliclenoun

   any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. folliclenoun

   A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

2. folliclenoun

   A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

3. Etymology: From folliculus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Folliclenoun

   Etymology: folliculus, Latin.

   1. A cavity in any body with strong coats.

   Although there be no eminent and circular follicle, no round bag or vesicle, which long containeth this humour; yet is there a manifest receptacle of choler from the liver into the guts. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii. c. 2.

   2.Follicle is a term in botany signifying the seed-vessels, capsula seminalis, or case, which some fruits and seeds have over them; as that of the alkengi, pedicularis, &c. John Quincy

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1. follicle

   A follicle is a small sac or cavity in the body, typically containing a fluid like substance or cells. This term is most commonly used in biology, referencing the structure in the ovaries where an egg matures before ovulation or the small cavity in the skin which produces a hair.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Folliclenoun

   a simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed

2. Folliclenoun

   a small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle

3. Folliclenoun

   a simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt

4. Folliclenoun

   a small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle

5. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Follicle

   fol′i-kl, n. (anat.) a gland: (bot.) a seed-vessel.—adjs. Follic′ular, pertaining to or consisting of follicles; Follic′ulated; Follic′ulous. [Fr.,—L. folliculus, dim. of follis, a wind-bag.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Follicle

   = cocoon, q.v.: a cellular sac or tube, as of a gland or ovary.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of follicle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of follicle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of follicle in a Sentence

1. Susanne Pors:

   The follicle is formed during fetal life [ when no cancer is present ] and is surrounded by a basal membrane that does not allow cancer cells to penetrate.

2. Sekyu Choi:

   We first asked whether the stress hormone was regulating the stem cells directly and checked by taking out the receptor for corticosterone, but this turned out to be wrong. Instead, we found that the stress hormone actually acts on a cluster of dermal cells underneath the hair follicle, known as the dermal papilla, dermal papilla is known to be critical for activating hair follicle stem cells, but none of the previously identified factors secreted from dermal papilla changed when stress hormone levels were altered. Rather, the stress hormone prevented dermal papilla cells from secreting Gas6, a molecule that the researchers showed can activate the hair follicle stem cells.

3. Nathan Hawkshaw:

   We are looking at using it as a topical treatment, a gel or shampoo that could reach the follicle.

4. Sekyu Choi:

   Under both normal and stress conditions, adding Gas6 was sufficient to activate hair follicle stem cells that were in the resting phase and to promote hair growth, in the future, the Gas6 pathway could be exploited for its potential in activating stem cells to promote hair growth. It will also be very interesting to explore if other stress-related tissue changes are related to the stress hormone’s impact on regulating Gas6.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=follicle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Follicle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=follicle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/follicle
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=follicle
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=follicle