Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair follicle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: hair -fol-li-cle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ found in mammalian skin, residing in the dermal layer of the skin.

Inflected Forms

hair follicles (plural)

Phrases

hair follicle test

Questions

What does hair follicle mean?: An organ found in mammalian skin, residing in the dermal layer of the skin.

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