a follicle that degenerates before coming to maturity; great numbers of such atretic follicle’s occur in the ovary before puberty; in the sexually mature woman, several are formed each month. Syn: corpus atreticum.
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a follicle that degenerates before coming to maturity; great numbers of such atretic follicle’s occur in the ovary before puberty; in the sexually mature woman, several are formed each month. Syn: corpus atreticum.