Showing results for sebaceous gland. Search instead for mucous+gland.

sebaceous gland

American

noun

any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.

sebaceous gland Scientific

/ sĭ-bā′shəs /

Any of the glands that are found in the skin of mammals and secrete sebum into the hair follicles.

Etymology

Origin of sebaceous gland

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Acne is a disease of the pilosebaceous unit — translation: the hair shaft, follicle and associated sebaceous gland and muscle.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019

Its text is peppered with scientific language – sebaceous gland, papilla, uniserial, vacuolated, cortex, cuticle.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2015

The structure consisting of hair, hair follicle and sebaceous gland is also known as pilosebaceous unit.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

A blocked sebaceous gland can result in a sebaceous cyst.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Causes.—Impoverished state of blood, the result of kidney diseases or of local friction or contusions, with the entrance of pus cocci through the damaged skin or through a hair follicle or a sebaceous gland.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023