LP7243-1
Follicle
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Description
A follicle (from the Latin folliculus) is a term to describe a small spherical group of cells containing a cavity, and is often used as a descriptive term in biology, particularly in anatomy. Examples include hair follicles and ovarian follicles. In botany , the term is used to describe a dry fruit which dehisces along one rupture site in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia ,peony and milkweed. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Follicle (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Follicle
- Part Display Name
- Follicle
- Part Type
- System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Follicle
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Фолликул |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 卵泡 Synonyms: 卵泡囊; |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Follicolo |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | pęcherzyk |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Θυλάκιο Synonyms: Θυλάκιο |
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