follicle

English

A hair follicle and nearby structures

Etymology

From Latin folliculus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

follicle (plural follicles)

1. (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, p. 345,

     He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.

2. (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

Derived terms

• follicly
• follicly challenged

Translations

anatomy

• Arabic: حويصلة (ar) (ḥuwaiṣila) f

  Egyptian Arabic: حويصلة (ḥuwaiṣela) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小囊 (cmn) (xiǎonáng), 濾泡 (cmn), 滤泡 (cmn) (lǜpào), (hair follicle) 毛囊 (cmn) (máonáng)

• Dutch: follikel (nl) m
• Finnish: (hair) tuppi, (e.g. ovarian) rakkula, follikkeli

• French: follicule (fr) m
• Italian: follicolo (it) m
• Japanese: 卵胞 (ja) (らんぽう, ranpō), 濾胞 (ja) (ろほう, rohō), 小胞 (ja) (しょうほう, shōhō), 毛嚢 (ja) (もうのう, mōnō)
• Polish: mieszek m, woreczek m, pęcherzyk m, torebka f
• Russian: фолликул (ru) (follíkul) m, мешочек (ru) (mešóček) m
• Spanish: folículo (es) m

botany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓇葖 (cmn) (gǔtú)

• Finnish: tuppilo (fi)
• German: Balgfrucht (de) f
• Italian: follicolo (it) m

• Japanese: 袋果 (ja) (たいか, taika)
• Polish: mieszek m
• Russian: стручок (ru) (stručók) m, мешочек (ru) (mešóček) m
• Spanish: folículo (es) m

External links

• Follicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia