follicle (folikl)

[= F. follicule = Sp. Pg. It. (obs.) folliculo = It. follicolo, Follicle, def. ( a ). Fruit of Larkspur. or lacuna; a minute nodule of lymphoid ti ue. A seba ceo us follicle is a gland of the skin se creting a greasy substance; a gastric follicle is one of the glandular tubes of the mucous membrane of the stomach secreting gastric juice; an intestinal follicle is one of the secretory mucous crypts of the intestines; a Graafian follicle is a little sac in an ovary in which an ovum matures. The solitary and agminate glands, glands of Brunner, Peyer's patches, crypts of Lieberkühn, etc., are all follicles or aggregations of follicles. The term The reporters and other literary and social follicules who have contributed to her ridiculous reputation. The American, I. 251. [NL., Trumpet-animalcule (Folli culina ampul la ), magnified 300 times.