Word Meanings - SEBACEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. Sebaceous cyst , a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction

Additional info about word: SEBACEOUS

Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. Sebaceous cyst , a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. -- Sebaceous glands , 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.

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• HAVELOCK
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