sebaceous
[si-bey-shuh s]
- pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- secreting a fatty substance.
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Origin of sebaceous
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From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.
Essentials of Diseases of the SkinHenry Weightman Stelwagon
This is merely the solidified secretion from the sebaceous gland.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
They take the sebaceous or unctuous secretion from the coat.
The DogDinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson
Sebaceous cysts or wens are described with diseases of the skin.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
In the sebaceous glands the first secretion is formed by a fatty modification of the whole of the central cells of the gland.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
sebaceous
- of or resembling sebum, fat, or tallow; fatty
- secreting fat or a greasy lubricating substance
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Word Origin
C18: from Late Latin sēbāceus, from sebum
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Word Origin and History for sebaceous
adj.
1728, "secreting sebum," from Latin sebaceus "of tallow," from sebum "tallow, grease" (see sebum). Meaning "oily, greasy, fatty" is from 1783.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sebaceous
(sĭ-bā′shəs)- Of, resembling, or characterized by fat or sebum; fatty.
- Secreting or producing fat or sebum.
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