All follicle synonyms

noun follicle

• germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
• egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
• unit — a single thing or person.
• bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
• hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
• nerve — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
• seam — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
• lode — a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
• stripe — a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
• microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
• spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
• vacuole — a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
• corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
• utricle — a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
• streak — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
• thread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
• duct — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
• current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
• course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
• stratum — a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another: a stratum of ancient foundations.
• venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
• capillary — Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
• cellule — a very small cell
• sac — Strategic Air Command.
• cavity — A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body.
• gland — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
• hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
• embryo — An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development.
• blood vessel — Blood vessels are the narrow tubes through which your blood flows.