follicle

English

A hair follicle and nearby structures

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folliculus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒlɪk(ə)l/

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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

Related terms

• follicular
• folliculitis

Translations

anatomy

• Afrikaans: follikel
• Arabic: حُوَيْصِلَة‎ f (ḥuwayṣila)

  Egyptian Arabic: حويصلة‎ f (ḥuwaiṣela)

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

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

• Dutch: follikel (nl) m
• Esperanto: foliklo
• Finnish: (hair) tuppi (fi), (e.g. ovarian) rakkula (fi), follikkeli (fi)
• French: follicule (fr) m
• Galician: folículo m
• German: (hair) Haarbalg m, Haarfollikel m
• Greek: λεμφοζίδιο n (lemfozídio)

• Hungarian: tüsző (hu)
• Italian: follicolo (it) m
• Japanese: 卵胞 (ja) (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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çîkildan f, çikildan f

• Maori: ruahuru (of a hair)
• Polish: mieszek (pl) m, woreczek (pl) m, pęcherzyk (pl) m, torebka (pl) f, cebulka (pl) f
• Portuguese: folículo (pt) m
• Russian: фолли́кул (ru) m (follíkul), мешо́чек (ru) m (mešóček)
• Spanish: folículo (es) m
• Tocharian B: klokaśce
• Vietnamese: nang (vi)

botany

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

  Mandarin: 蓇葖 (zh) (gǔtú)

• Dutch: kokevrucht f
• Esperanto: foliklo
• Finnish: tuppilo (fi)
• French: follicule (fr) m
• Galician: folículo m
• German: Balgfrucht (de) f
• Italian: follicolo (it) m

• Japanese: 袋果 (たいか, taika)
• Polish: mieszek (pl) m
• Portuguese: folículo (pt) m
• Russian: стручо́к (ru) m (stručók), мешо́чек (ru) m (mešóček)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: kožuškowy płód m

• Spanish: folículo (es) m
• Tagalog: bingkasbunga
• Ukrainian: листя́нка f (lystjánka)
• Welsh: ffoligl m

Further reading

• follicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia