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follicle
(redirected from atretic follicle)

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follicle [′fäl·ə·kəl]
(biology)
A deep, narrow sheath or a small cavity.
(botany)
A type of dehiscent fruit composed of one carpel opening along a single suture.


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Atretic follicles were characterized by the appearance of pyknotic granulosa cells, disorganized granulosa cells, and detachment from the basement membrane, a degenerating oocyte surrounded by an envelope of degenerating cumulus cells or loss of cumulus cells (Borgeest et al.
 
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