folliclenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒl.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɑː.lɪ.kəl/any of the very small holes in the skin, especially one that a hair grows from
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- epidermis
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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Examples from literature
- A gland may be a simple pocket, or follicle, as is an oil gland of the skin, or it may be an aggregate of such glands, as is the liver.
- The hair grows from the bottom of the follicle by a multiplication of the cells covering the papilla upon which its root is moulded.
- The quantity of hair varies according to the proximity and condition of the follicles.
- The saliva is composed of four elementary secretions, derived respectively, from the mucous follicles of the mouth, and the parotid, the submaxillary, and the sublingual glands.
- These glands terminating in the hair follicles secrete an oily substance, which bathes and lubricates as well as nourishes the hair.