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follicular

/fuh-lik-yuh-ler/US // fəˈlɪk yə lər //

蓇葖果,滤泡,葖果,蓇葖葖果

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
    • : Pathology. affecting or originating in a follicle or follicles.

Examples

  • For example, I noticed that I typically feel great in the follicular days between the end of my period and ovulation, when my hormone levels are relatively low.

  • The arrangement of the tissues external to the follicular epithelium is the same in Raja as in Scyllium.

  • The thickness of the follicular epithelium on the inner side of the larger ova deserves to be noted.

  • The cells of their follicular epithelium have obviously the same character as many other small cells of the nest.

  • The cells of the germinal epithelium give rise both to the permanent ova and to the cells of the follicular epithelium.

  • This is an operation for the removal of follicular formations in the conjunctiva, and is used more especially in trachoma.