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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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Follicular lymphoma is defined as a neoplasm of follicle center B lymphocytes (centrocytes and centroblasts) that has at least a partially follicular growth pattern.
Gonal-f(R) has been approved in 94 countries worldwide including Europe and the US with indications of stimulation of the growth of ovarian follicles and ovulation in women.
Also, the number of primordial/primary (rudimentary) ovarian follicles was reduced in the low-dose group, with a more pronounced decline in secondary (more developed) follicles within the high-dose group.
 
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