Follicles

Word FOLLICLES
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Follicles"

What do we mean by follicles?

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

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

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The word "follicles" in example sentences

"Which cells are transformed into hair follicles is determined by three proteins that are produced by our genes," he said. ❋ Unknown (2006)

· After a month or more, small, pinkish gray lumps, called follicles, form inside the upper eyelids. ❋ Unknown (1993)

In some animals they are sufficiently well-marked to divide the peripheral or cortical portion of the gland into a number of compartments (so-called follicles), but in man this arrangement is not obvious. ❋ Unknown (1918)

But it does not affect your hair follicles, which is what makes your hair grow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Howard's rigid, helmet-like 'do almost seems too good to be true, but Helberg says he's not donning any fake follicles. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It forces hair follicles to remain in the "telogen" phase of growth, which is essentially the fall out stage. ❋ M.D. Robert Tornambe (2010)

The excessive hormone production also stimulates the skin to create thicker hair follicles and increase the oil production, creating acne breakout. ❋ M.D. Robert Tornambe (2010)

In a related experiment, the researchers injected a type of cell similar to a human progenitor cell into mice and were able to create new hair follicles and hair growth. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

It could be strangulation—Babette is a take-the-breath-away hug machine—but I know my brother, and the redness bubbling up from his neck to his hair follicles is the sweeter shade of bashful. ❋ Chris Lynch (2011)

Sure enough, less than a minute later, I felt the hair follicles on my scalp slither and the familiar tingling that told me my hair was growing back. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

Laser energy can be applied in a specific way in order to heat and thus damage hair follicles and their surrounding support structures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Getty Images A decline in a special type of stem cell found in hair follicles may be responsible for pattern baldness. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

Stem cells in hair follicles normally transform into progenitor cells, which in turn produce normal hair strands, the researchers said. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

The knife that could cut hair off an arm without bending the follicles slits her abdomen into perfect halves. ❋ Robert Boswell (2011)

I try to picture men selling dogs, pottery, but instead I'm in a village without a name, a thick-bladed knife, sharp enough to cut hair off an arm without bending the follicles, in my hand. ❋ Robert Boswell (2011)

Male pattern baldness: A decline in activity by a special type of stem cell, known as a progenitor cell, found in human hair follicles appears to be responsible for male pattern baldness, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

The nation soon plunged into a period of fallow follicles. ❋ Peter Funt (2011)

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