Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the fluid-filled vesicles in the mammalian ovary containing a maturing ovum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
follicle , 2.
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- noun biology A
mature ovarian follicle at the final stage offolliculogenesis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Regnier de Graaf, (1641–1673), Dutch physician and anatomist.]
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Named for Regnier de Graaf, Dutch scientist.
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