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Follicle vs Telogenesis - What's the difference?

follicle | telogenesis |

As nouns the difference between follicle and telogenesis

is that follicle is a small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle while telogenesis is the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift.

follicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, p. 345,
  • He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.
  • (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
  • Derived terms

    * follicly * follicly challenged

    telogenesis

    English

    Noun

  • (geology) The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift
  • *{{quote-journal, 1983, J. Kantorowicz, The nature, origin and distribution of authigenic clay minerals from Middle Jurassic Ravescar and Brent Group sandstones, Clay Minerals (1984), issue=19, page=373 citation
  • , passage=Telogenesis may result from regression, unroofing and the introduction of surface waters or complete exposure and weathering.}}
  • (medicine, anatomy) The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle
  • * {{quote-book, 1996, , page=24,
  • , passage=

    Coordinate terms

    *(geological process) eogenesis, mesogenesis *(follicular growth state) anagenesis, catagenesis

    See also

    *teleogenesis