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sebaceous

[si-bey-shuh s]
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adjective Physiology.
  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
  2. secreting a fatty substance.
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Origin of sebaceous

From the New Latin word sēbāceus, dating back to 1720–30. See sebum, -aceous
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Examples from the Web for sebaceous

Historical Examples

  • From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin

    Henry Weightman Stelwagon

  • This is merely the solidified secretion from the sebaceous gland.

  • They take the sebaceous or unctuous secretion from the coat.

    The Dog

    Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson

  • Sebaceous cysts or wens are described with diseases of the skin.

    Manual of Surgery

    Alexis 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.

British Dictionary definitions for sebaceous

sebaceous

adjective
  1. of or resembling sebum, fat, or tallow; fatty
  2. 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 in Medicine

sebaceous

(sĭ-bā′shəs)
adj.
  1. Of, resembling, or characterized by fat or sebum; fatty.
  2. Secreting or producing fat or sebum.
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