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Graafian follicle Definition


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Graafian follicle
noun
    1. anatomy.
      In the ovary of female mammals: one of many small spherical sacs within which an egg cell develops prior to ovulation.
Etymology: 19c: named after Regnier de Graaf (1641‐73), the Dutch anatomist who discovered these.



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