Graafian follicle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Graafian follicle
1835–45; named after Regnier de Graaf (died 1673), Dutch anatomist; see -ian
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Diagram of ovary with stages in the development of a Graafian follicle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, see text, Section 137.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
In the sexually mature woman, a Graafian follicle ripens at regular intervals of four weeks.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
An ovum becomes mature, breaks through its Graafian follicle in the ovary and is set free.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
In the right ovary are seen ovules in various degrees of maturity in their Graafian follicles: also a corpus luteum—an empty Graafian follicle after expulsion of the ovule.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
This particle is formed in the ovary inside a much larger globule, which takes the name of the Graafian follicle, from its discoverer, Graaf, and had previously been regarded as the true ovum.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
