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Hair Follicle

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Hair Follicle Definition

A tube-like invagination of the epidermis from which the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open; the follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis.

Hair Follicle Synonyms

Hair Follicle, Follicles, Hair Follicles, follicle, hair follicles

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