seborrhea
noun
an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
seborrheic
-
a word derived from
seborrhea.
Example Sentences
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O’Conner said in a memo released by the White House that a biopsy showed that the legion was seborrheic keratosis, a “very common, totally harmless, non-cancerous growth.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“It’s a noncancerous seborrheic keratosis, but our guy has to wait six weeks for a doctor’s appointment and spends that time moping around, wishing he’d stopped to smell the roses more often.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
Other readers are enthusiastic about dandruff shampoo to treat eczema, seborrheic dermatitis and other skin irritations.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
They’re called unflattering names: age spots, barnacles or, God help us, senile warts, but physicians know them as seborrheic keratosis lesions, or SK lesions, for short.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
He has seborrheic dermatitis, which means that his skin appears to be constantly in a state of rash.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
