Definition of "follicles" []

• Plural form of follicle. (noun)

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• ""Which cells are transformed into hair follicles is determined by three proteins that are produced by our genes," he said."
• "· After a month or more, small, pinkish gray lumps, called follicles, form inside the upper eyelids."
• "In some animals they are sufficiently well-marked to divide the peripheral or cortical portion of the gland into a number of compartments (so-called follicles), but in man this arrangement is not obvious."