Graafian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graafian \Graaf"i*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch
     physician.
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     {Graafian follicles} or vesicles, small cavities in which the


        ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the
        bursting of which they are discharged.
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