Follicle

What do we mean by follicle?

A small bodily cavity or sac. noun

A crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. noun

An ovarian follicle. noun

A spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. noun

A dry, single-chambered fruit that splits along only one seam to release its seeds, as in larkspur and milkweed. noun

In botany: A dry one-celled seed-vessel consisting of a single carpel, and dehiscent only by the ventral suture, as in the milkweed and larkspur. noun

Any bladder-shaped appendage; a utricle. noun

In anatomy and zoology, a minute secretory or excretory cavity, sac, or tube; one of the ultimate blind ramifications of a secretory surface; a glandular cul-de-sac; a mucous crypt or lacuna; a minute nodule of lymphoid tissue. noun

In entomology, a cocoon; the covering made by a larva for its protection during the pupa state. noun

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

A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac. noun

A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt. noun

A small mass of adenoid tissue. noun

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

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

Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity noun

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

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

Words that are spelled similarly to follicle:
follicle, follicule, fallible, pellicle, follicles, foliole, rolliche, follie, folliculi, pollice, jellicle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word follicle:
antral, theca, fsh, oocyte, apocrine, oogenesis, sebum, antrum, sebaceous, eccrine, ovulation, atresia, papilla, carpel, ovum, keratin, stimulating, cyst, pili, ovarian, ovaries, ovary, alopecia, hormone, progesterone, primed, epidermal, separator, estradiol, bmp, germinal, secrete, matures, primordial, epidermis, menstrual, estrogen, sheath, epithelium, periodontal, mites, electrolysis, meiosis, pituitary, acne, gland, glands, oily, mite, maturation, enamel, dermal, cutaneous, scalp, cumulus, hair, zona, thyroid, sweat, hormones, banksia, corpus, fertilization, winged, epithelial, bulge, seeds, cells, shedding, ripe, secretion, collagen, pore, puberty, hairs, testosterone, apoptosis, lymphoma, immature, differentiation, vitro, germ, feather, stem, transplantation, pigment, tooth, skin, inflammation, shaft, stimulated, egg, aging, differentiated, mature, sperm, cavity, ligament, cellular, signaling.

Words that rhyme with follicle:
diabolical, caulicle.

Adjectives that are often used to describe follicle:
graafian, ovarian, dominant, mature, ruptured, dental, hair, primary, preovulatory, primordial, single, secondary, human, largest, thyroid, sebaceous, atretic, ovulatory, normal, ripe, empty, antral, vesicular, unruptured, pilosebaceous, entire, collapsed, tertiary, solitary, postovulatory, infected, enlarged, cystic, lymphoid, ovulated, preantral, immature, leading, graffian, mucous, lymphatic, dilated, primitive, luteinized, inflamed, persistent, developed, terminal, adjacent, mammalian, graaflan, filled, advanced, reactive, intact, distended, healthy, hyperplastic, occasional, discharged, lingual, ripened, cell, ovulating, nabothian, tuberculous, germinal, closed, obstructed, affected, lymph, hemorrhagic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective follicle:
stimulating, cells, formation, maturation, rupture, receptors, hormone, epithelium, wall, puncture, mites, development, lining, cysts, barrier, growth, relationships, center, cyst, sheaths, groups, group, lineage, induction, sheath, complex, lymphoma, mouth, gland, mite, opening, model, microvasculature, relationship, cell, outlets, interface, duct, associated, differentiation, stimulation.

Consonant match to follicle:
filical.

Words that sound like follicle:
follicle, follicles, felucca, follicule, philocaly, felica, fascicle, flegel, filial, farkle, finical, flugel, follicular, fleagle, fleegle, full scale, full-scale, fluegel, funicle, field coil, filicales, silicle, physical, fickle, freckle, flicka, fickel, folic, frickle, faucal, finkle, finkel, fankle, fencl, fenchel, fiscal, fecal, focal, falafel, fallible, flicking, frolicking, finagle, farcical, field goal, fillable, helical, flaca, felecia, faecal, felafel, full circle, pellicle, falak, foliole, flecking, funchal, fallal, fish eagle, fischl, phylic, fellable, falwell, fall again, following, volatile, flocking, flaking, fluking, flacking, fleaking, volatil, halakha, felix, phallic, phalic, philic, flicky, flexile, flecky, frolicky, flicken, feel again, faulcon, figel, fill again, fishkill, fascicles, phallically, faultful, fungal, fangle, fingal, follia, falco, fala, falanga, falah, falcate, -philia.