sebaceous glands

plural noun

1. the small glands in the skin that secrete sebum into hair follicles and onto most of the body surface except the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands

sebaceous glands

1. Glands located in the skin that secrete an oily substance, sebum. Sebum lubricates the skin and hair.

Notes

Clogged sebaceous glands can result in pimples.

Example Sentences

The inflammation starts simultaneously from numerous points, from the hair-follicles, sweat-glands or sebaceous glands.

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In the monotremes the mammae are looked upon, not as modified sebaceous glands, as in other Mammals, but as altered sweat glands.

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In the sebaceous glands and hair follicles they lie with their heads down (fig. 63).

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Demodex folliculorum (fig. 62) is to be found very commonly in the hair follicles and sebaceous glands of man.

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The eggs are then deposited, the majority in a single mass covered by a slimy secretion from the sebaceous glands.

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