hair follicle
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noun Anatomy.
a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
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Nearby words
- hair,
- hair bulb,
- hair cast,
- hair cell,
- hair disk,
- hair gel,
- hair grass,
- hair hygrometer,
- hair implant,
- hair lacquer
Origin of hair follicle
First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for hair follicle
This depression takes the form of a sac and is called the hair-follicle, in which the roots of the hair are embedded.
A Practical Physiology|Albert F. BlaisdellA 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 StelwagonFrom the hair-follicle also grows out a pair of sebaceous glands, which serve to keep the fully-formed hair moist.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
hair follicle
noun
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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hair follicle
n.
A deep narrow pit that is formed by the tubular invagination of the epidermis and corium and encloses the root of the hair.
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