hair follicle

noun Anatomy.

a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.

Origin of hair follicle

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby hair follicle

hair, hair bulb, hair cast, hair cell, hair disk, hair follicle, hair gel, hair grass, hair hygrometer, hair implant, hair lacquer

Example sentences from the Web for hair follicle

  • This depression takes the form of a sac and is called the hair-follicle, in which the roots of the hair are embedded.

    A Practical Physiology |Albert F. Blaisdell

  • A boil is an inflammatory formation having its starting point in a sebaceous-gland, sweat-gland, or hair-follicle.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin |Henry Weightman Stelwagon

  • From the hair-follicle also grows out a pair of sebaceous glands, which serve to keep the fully-formed hair moist.

    The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for hair follicle

hair follicle

noun

a narrow tubular cavity that contains the root of a hair, formed by an infolding of the epidermis and corium of the skin

Medical definitions for hair follicle

hair follicle

n.

A deep narrow pit that is formed by the tubular invagination of the epidermis and corium and encloses the root of the hair.