follicle
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- noun
- /ˈfɑlɪkəl/
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folículo
- This is an image of an egg in a follicle in the ovary.
- hair follicle
- antral follicles
- ovarian follicle
It looks for the, the, the follicles on your ovaries, right?
- It looks for the, the, the follicles on your ovaries, right?
- But in PCOS, because you're not ovulating and those ovaries, each little follicle makes a tiny amount of estrogen.
- What that causes is the maturation of not just one egg that would be ovulated, but multiple follicles and eggs.
- The empty follicle then converts to become a corpus lithium, which secrets progesterone, which promotes gestation.
- You said you did a hair follicle test and found two drugs.
- That's where our hair follicles, oil glands and sweat glands reside.
- But but yeah, so it's, it's this physiologic change and it's related to the decrease in the number of follicles or eggs that can ovulate.
- Keratin plugs in hair follicles, around hair follicles, and in the actual pores of your skin.
- It's very painful, and the idea is that helps hair follicles regenerate.
- It's something to do with the hair follicles when men grow beards and it irritates the skin.
Examples
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However, they can also include hair follicles, which can make postoperative management more difficult.
Academic text (2001) -
To confirm that each follicle is exactly on the ovarian map, the scanning procedure was repeated.
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They probably used a hair follicle or a skin cell.
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My research goal was to see how these complications related to specific variations in follicle distributions.
Academic text (2012) -
DNA obtained from Miss Stevenson's hair follicle matches the blood as hers.
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What that causes is the maturation of not just one egg that would be ovulated, but multiple follicles and eggs.
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Instead, they form large, greasy clumps around the hair follicle that are shed as visible flakes.
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In the post-ovulatory phase, the follicle transforms into the corpus luteum.
Academic text (2015) -
"Idiopathic hirsutism occurs in women who have hair follicles highly sensitive to normal female androgen."
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This is an image of an egg in a follicle in the ovary.
Compounds
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A small pocket in the skin that holds the root of a hair and small oil glands
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A chemical made by a small gland at the base of the brain that helps eggs grow and sperm form
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A small harmless lump in the lower part of the womb that is filled with mucus
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A small skin gland that makes oil and sends it into a hair follicle to protect hair
How Developed
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Follicle comes from the Latin folliculus, a little 'bag' from follis meaning 'bag'. Think of a tiny pouch that holds something; that's why a follicle is a small sac of cells that holds and protects a hair or an egg.