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Graafian, a. Anat.|ˈgrɑːfɪən|
[f. the name of R. de Graaf, a Dutch anatomist (1641–73) + -ian.]
In Graafian follicle, Graafian vesicle, one of the small sacs in the ovary of mammals in which the ova are matured.
1841tr. Cruveilhier's Descr. Anat. I. 616 In the midst of this tissue..the Graafian vesicles are deposited. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 838/1. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 183 Dilatation of the Graafian follicles. |