hair follicle
a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
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How to use hair follicle in a sentence
After washing your face, the hair follicles and pores open up and that’s the best time to apply a little oil.
Best beard product for the best beard of your life | Florie Korani | August 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSometimes these bumps develop around your hair follicles and can look a little like goosebumps, but no matter how it looks, it will definitely be itchy and uncomfortable.
Healthy SKINvestigation: Uncovering Eczema on Melanated Skin | Steven Psyllos | June 25, 2021 | Essence.comCGRP is also involved in hair follicles, and some patients have reported hair loss.
New drugs that block a brain chemical are game changers for some migraine sufferers | Karen J. Bannan | March 22, 2021 | Science NewsThe hair follicle is normally protected by immune privilege, which should give it the ability to tolerate antigens without creating an inflammatory immune response, says Napatalung.
This attack on moisture is powerful and speedily removes excess water, closes hair follicles, and tames unwanted frizz.
The best hair dryer: Get a salon-worthy blowout at home | Carsen Joenk | January 22, 2021 | Popular-Science
A boil is an inflammatory formation having its starting point in a sebaceous-gland, sweat-gland, or hair-follicle.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonIt is a comparatively painless operation and free from scarring if the hair follicle be not penetrated by the needle.
A boil results when the infection is located in a hair follicle or sebaceous gland.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesDuring this time it is not buried in the skin but is able to retreat rapidly into it through a hair follicle or sweat gland.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert RileyIt crawls to the base of the hair and burrows into the hair follicle.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of Agriculture
British Dictionary definitions for hair follicle
a narrow tubular cavity that contains the root of a hair, formed by an infolding of the epidermis and corium of the skin
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