follicle

Example Sentences

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Bacteria on the skin's surface and on nearby hair follicles break down these compounds, producing others which are responsible for the smell.

From BBC

The type of hairline that you wind up with depends on how your biological chemistry impacts the hair follicles at different locations on your head.

From Salon

Researchers studied cortisol levels in dogs' hair follicles and compared them with humans.

From Salon

To understand what was causing this, they compared the clinical characteristics of patients who successfully developed mature follicles in response to the treatment and those who did not.

From Salon

Another misconception is that it only takes a couple of weeks to grow a beard, when in fact some hair follicles can take weeks to sprout.

From New York Times