Definition of Graafian follicle

1. Noun. A vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg.

Group relationships: Ovary
Generic synonyms: Follicle
Terms within: Corpus Luteum

Definition of Graafian follicle

1. Noun. (biology) A mature ovarian follicle at the final stage of folliculogenesis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Graafian follicle

1. Final stage in the differentiation of follicles in the mammalian ovary. Consists of a spherical fluid filled blister on the surface of the ovary that bursts at ovulation to release the oocyte. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graafian Follicle

Govinda
Gowda
Gower
Gowers
Gowers' column
Gowers' contraction
Gowers' syndrome
Gowers' tract
Gowers disease
Goy
Goya
Goya y Lucientes
Goyim
Gozo
Graafian
Graafian follicle (current term)
Graafian follicles
Grabar
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly
Graces
Gracie
Gracie Allen
Gracilariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracula
Gracula religiosa
Gradenigo's syndrome

Literary usage of Graafian follicle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"... Graafian follicle and the Corpus Luteum.—The functional value of the ovary is connected with the formation and rupture of the Graafian follicles, ..."

2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"into the stroma of the ovary, in which it becomes imbedded, the small cells forming a Graafian follicle (fott.) which encloses it. ..."

3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1882)
"In all classes each Graafian follicle contains an egg, which varies in size in different species and at different periods of growth. ..."

4. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The essential event in menstruation is the escape of an ovum from its Graafian follicle [Fig. 267]. The whole ovary at this time becomes congested, ..."

5. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1875)
"... membrane during menstruation — Changes in the Graafian follicle after its rupture (corpus luteum) — Corpus luteum of pregnancy. have now to study, ..."

6. A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1885)
"<!r<i<iti<ui F<iUl<-l<\—The changes in the Graafian follicle which an; associated with the discharge of the ovules comprise—1. Maturation, As the period of ..."

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