Sebaceous

Word SEBACEOUS
Character 9
Hyphenation se ba ceous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sebaceous"

What do we mean by sebaceous?

Of, relating to, or resembling fat or sebum; fatty. adjective

Secreting fat or sebum. adjective

Pertaining to tallow or fat; made of, containing, or secreting fatty matter; fatty.

In botany, having the appearance of tallow, grease, or fat: as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants.

In anatomy and zoology:

Fatty; oily; greasy; unctuous: as, sebaceous substances: specifically noting the secretion of the sebaceous follicles.

Secreting, containing, or conveying sebaceous matter: as, a sebaceous follicle, gland, or duct.

Same as pearl-tumor, 2.

Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat. adjective

A cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. adjective

Small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin. adjective

Of or relating to fat, sebum adjective

Oozing fat adjective

Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil adjective

Of or relating to fat, sebum

Oozing fat

Tallowy, waxy

Having to do with fat; fatty, greasy. Urban Dictionary

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The word "sebaceous" in example sentences

(These oil glands - scientifically termed sebaceous glands - are associated with the hair vesicles of the skin.) And as the cells within these oil glands increase in number at such a rapid pace, they cause the glands 'outlets to be obstructed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The pores in your skin contain oil producing glands called sebaceous glands that release oil called sebum. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The hair canals are connected to a gland that produces an oily substance referred as sebum and the gland that produces sebum is called sebaceous gland. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hair Premature graying, baldness, dandruff, seborrhea (excessive secretion oily material by glands of skin called sebaceous glands. ❋ Adityagawade (2010)

The bacteria, the skin cells, and the sebaceous matter together form a stinking mass called smegma. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

Seal's (Hobart Town) sebaceous cysts sentimentality ❋ Unknown (2009)

Drake stood back in and eyed the pitcher, a heavyset kid with a face oozing sebaceous oils that only a blind mother could love. ❋ Scott Gummer (2011)

From page 141 on: It turns out that human horns, anomalous growths consisting entirely of concentric layers of keratinized epidermal cells with a tendency to originate on the sites of sebaceous cysts, warts, or scars, are 'far more frequent than ordinarily supposed,' according to Drs. George Gould and Walter Pyle (Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine; New York, Julian Press, 1956, p. 222). ❋ Frankwu (2010)

These live on dead skin cells and sebaceous matter, a fatty substance which is excreted through small glands in the skin. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

Sebaceously ornated [faces] belonging to [teens] could be [seen]. ❋ Larstait (2003)

"Oh man, I went to the [doctor's] today for this rash I got, [man it's] all [scaly] and there's all this white and like yellowish pus coming out and- here, look!" "Dude, stop. That's so sebaceous." ❋ Snackattackmac (2006)

[Stop] being a sebaceous crustacean [George], they're just [kids]. ❋ JP Orecul (2017)

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