graafian follicle

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   a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg

   Broaderfollicle

   Part ofovary

   Partscorpus luteum

Questions about graafian follicle

What does graafian follicle mean?

graafian follicle means "a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg".

Is graafian follicle a common word?

graafian follicle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.