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follicle
1) a more or less spherical mass of cells generally containing a cavity
2) a crypt such a depression in the skin from which a hair emerges
Specific
hair follicle (folliculus pili)
lingual follicle (lenticular papillae)
lymphoid follicle
ovarian follicle
thyroid follicle
General
anatomic structure
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999