hair follicle

noun

Anatomy.

1. a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.

hair follicle

noun

1. a narrow tubular cavity that contains the root of a hair, formed by an infolding of the epidermis and corium of the skin

Word History and Origins

Origin of hair follicle¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

In tests using a mouse model of alopecia, a dissolvable patch containing both stevioside and minoxidil successfully stimulated hair follicles to re-enter the growth phase, which resulted in the development of new hair.

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He had also managed to pull out some hair follicles, with a view to them being used in a DNA test.

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Just over a month later, it had all gone and Fisher was diagnosed with alopecia, an auto-immune condition that destroys the hair follicles.

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What the teams found was that in the cells responsible for giving a cat its skin, hair follicles and eyes their colour - melanocytes - one gene, ARHGAP36, was much more active.

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Individual hair follicles were punched in by artists using a tiny needle.

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