Graaf·i·an follicle (grä f - n, gr f-)n. Any of the fluid-filled vesicles in the mammalian ovary containing a maturing ovum. [After Regnier de Graaf (1641-1673), Dutch physician and anatomist.] |
Graafian follicle [ˈgrɑːfɪən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a fluid-filled vesicle in the mammalian ovary containing a developing egg cell
[named after R. de Graaf (1641-73), Dutch anatomist]
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| Noun | 1. | Graafian follicle - a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone follicle - any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity corpus luteum - yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun |
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