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sebaceous
[ si-bey-shuhs ]
adjective
- pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- secreting a fatty substance.
sebaceous
/ sɪˈbeɪʃəs /
adjective
- of or resembling sebum, fat, or tallow; fatty
- secreting fat or a greasy lubricating substance
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Example Sentences
Like senility, there is no way to stop sebaceous hyperplasia from advancing, either.
From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.
The sebaceous ducts or glands, or both, become blocked up with retained secretion and epithelial cells.
A boil is an inflammatory formation having its starting point in a sebaceous-gland, sweat-gland, or hair-follicle.
The inflammation starts simultaneously from numerous points, from the hair-follicles, sweat-glands or sebaceous glands.
The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.
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