Graafian follicle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Graafian follicle
1835–45; named after Regnier de Graaf (died 1673), Dutch anatomist; see -ian
Example Sentences
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From time to time some of these ovules enlarge and are surrounded by a vesicle with liquid contents, which is called the Graafian follicle.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
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)
F.t., the left Fallopian tube. ov., is the ovary, with a Graafian follicle, G.F.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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.
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
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