Sebaceous
adjective
Related to oil or fat, especially from a gland in the skin.
A sebaceous cyst is a small lump or bump under the skin.
Often appears as...
- sebaceous gland
- sebaceous cyst
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Formal
Medical
adjective
Related to oil or fat, especially from a gland in the skin.
A sebaceous cyst is a small lump or bump under the skin.
Often appears as...
- sebaceous gland
- sebaceous cyst
Usage tips
Formal
Medical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in health contexts to describe glands, cysts, or conditions related to skin oils.
Doctors treat sebaceous gland disorders daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Generally Positive
Often signals a problem, such as excess oil, or a medical condition when used.
His sebaceous cyst needed surgical removal.
Pro Tip 3/3Science Classes
Commonly found in biology and human anatomy subjects; helps to understand skin structures.
In biology, we learned about the function of sebaceous glands.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in health contexts to describe glands, cysts, or conditions related to skin oils.
Doctors treat sebaceous gland disorders daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Generally Positive
Often signals a problem, such as excess oil, or a medical condition when used.
His sebaceous cyst needed surgical removal.
Pro Tip 3/3Science Classes
Commonly found in biology and human anatomy subjects; helps to understand skin structures.
In biology, we learned about the function of sebaceous glands.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Term
Used in health contexts to describe glands, cysts, or conditions related to skin oils.
Doctors treat sebaceous gland disorders daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Generally Positive
Often signals a problem, such as excess oil, or a medical condition when used.
His sebaceous cyst needed surgical removal.
Pro Tip 3/3Science Classes
Commonly found in biology and human anatomy subjects; helps to understand skin structures.
In biology, we learned about the function of sebaceous glands.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
it surely can't be very pleasant at all and of course their coat is not because they are cold it's more to do with the fact that they trying to repel water so they secrete in oil through sebaceous glands on the skin which coats that fur and repels water and keeps them nice and dry when they try and use water to evade
Video examples
The science of skin -...
by sebaceous glands nestled inside the dermis. These skin microbes keep the immune system in a state of constant surveillance, ensuring that it’s ready to react if the body really is at risk. Beyond this protective role, your skin is also a sensory organ that helps regulate your body’s temperature,
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Shifting the visual...
same shape and size and they're regularly spaced whereas in the egg crime gland that provides sweat the cells are shaped in this kind of coiling snake-like shape the sebaceous gland are these balls of sebum the oil that causes pimples and here is a tumor and the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
it surely can't be very pleasant at all and of course their coat is not because they are cold it's more to do with the fact that they trying to repel water so they secrete in oil through sebaceous glands on the skin which coats that fur and repels water and keeps them nice and dry when they try and use water to evade
Video examples
The science of skin -...
by sebaceous glands nestled inside the dermis. These skin microbes keep the immune system in a state of constant surveillance, ensuring that it’s ready to react if the body really is at risk. Beyond this protective role, your skin is also a sensory organ that helps regulate your body’s temperature,
Video examples
Shifting the visual...
same shape and size and they're regularly spaced whereas in the egg crime gland that provides sweat the cells are shaped in this kind of coiling snake-like shape the sebaceous gland are these balls of sebum the oil that causes pimples and here is a tumor and the
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Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
A few dozen changes to the genome of a modern elephant - to give it subcutaneous fat, woolly hair and sebaceous glands - might suffice to create a variation that is functionally similar to the mammoth. Returning this keystone species to the tundras could stave off some effects of warming.
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Henry Gray
English Scientist
The appendages of the skin are the nails, the hairs, the sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and their ducts. The nails and hairs are peculiar modifications of the epidermis, consisting essentially of the same cellular structure as that membrane.
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Trinny Woodall
English Designer
I went on Accutane, which is very strong. Your sebaceous glands dry up, you can't exercise, and you have very dry lips. But it was a miracle, and it worked.
Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
A few dozen changes to the genome of a modern elephant - to give it subcutaneous fat, woolly hair and sebaceous glands - might suffice to create a variation that is functionally similar to the mammoth. Returning this keystone species to the tundras could stave off some effects of warming.
Quote examples
Henry Gray
English Scientist
The appendages of the skin are the nails, the hairs, the sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and their ducts. The nails and hairs are peculiar modifications of the epidermis, consisting essentially of the same cellular structure as that membrane.
Quote examples
Trinny Woodall
English Designer
I went on Accutane, which is very strong. Your sebaceous glands dry up, you can't exercise, and you have very dry lips. But it was a miracle, and it worked.
Example 1 of 3
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