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graafian follicle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun graafian follicle has 1 sense
- graafian follicle(n = noun.body) - a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg; is a part of ovary
is a kind of follicle
has parts: corpus luteum
OXFORD DICTIONARY
graafian follicle, n. a follicle in the mammalian ovary in which an ovum develops prior to ovulation.
Etymology
R. de Graaf, Du. anatomist d. 1673
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