(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
Used in a Sentence
follicles
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for follicles.
Editorial note
You can become black sheep, losing job, family, friends without a single follicles of your hair being torn.
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Quick take
(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
Meaning at a glance
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(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for follicles.
noun
(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
noun
(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
Example sentences
You can become black sheep, losing job, family, friends without a single follicles of your hair being torn.
This is your random number, its range is between zero and the total number of follicles you plucked.
My chemo specifically targeted fast growing cells in the body, including testes (where the cancer originated) and hair follicles.
The body just overproduces keratin in the skin and it gets trapped in the hair follicles, plugging them up.
The face may become flush, hair follicles flex the hairs into standing position, and goose bumps may appear (Piloerection).
With fur, you'd have to create hair follicles, and induce the right oils to be excreted, etc...
Choose one follicle, deliberately is fine, move this follicle closer to the undergarment than the other follicles.
Because it restores normal hair follicles growth cycles, this includes the process of pushing out old hairs.
It's rather more efficient to (a) take a synthetic supplement, or, even better, (b) deliver the stuff directly into follicles.
Mapping cell dynamics in human ex vivo hair follicles suggests pulling mechanism of hair growth.
Count the number of follicles between the one closest to the undergarment and the one you pushed outward from the circle.
I agree that shaving is better than the desperate attempt to cling to the last remaining follicles look.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use follicles in a sentence?
You can become black sheep, losing job, family, friends without a single follicles of your hair being torn.
What does follicles mean?
(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
What part of speech is follicles?
follicles is commonly used as noun.