follicular

[ fuh-lik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
2. Pathology. affecting or originating in a follicle or follicles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of follicular¹

1670–80; < Latin follicul ( us ) ( follicle ) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

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.

From Outside Online

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

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

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

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

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

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