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 f (ḥuwaiṣila)

  Egyptian Arabic: حويصلة f (ḥuwaiṣela)

• Catalan: fol·licle (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

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

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

botany

• Catalan: fol·licle (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓇葖 (zh) (gǔtú)

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

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

§External links

• Follicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia