Definition of "follicular" [fol•lic•u•lar]

• Relating to, having, or resembling a follicle or follicles. (adjective)
• Affecting or growing out of a follicle or follicles. (adjective)

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• "The official medical report said the nodules were identified as follicular adenomas, which are benign tumors of the thyroid gland."
• "The first half of the menstrual cycle, called the follicular phase, begins with pulses of GnRH, about one pulse every ninety minutes."
• "In other studies, researchers reported that a vaccine derived from a biopsy of a patient's own tumor, combined with an immune system stimulant, enabled patients with a cancer known as follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to live about 44 months free of their disease compared to 30 months for patients given an immune-system stimulant but without the vaccine."