sebaceous

(sĭ-bā'shəs)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling fat or sebum; fatty.
2. Secreting fat or sebum.

[Latin sēbum, tallow + -ACEOUS.]

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IN BRIEF: Fatty.

Her greasy hair is the result of active sebaceous glands.

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Pertaining to or secreting sebum.

• s. adenitis — inflammation of the sebaceous gland; includes granulomatous lesions.
• s. adenoma — particularly common in the skin of aged dogs. On the eyelids they arise from the meibomian glands.
• s. cyst — a benign retention cyst containing sebum.
• s. epithelioma — basal cell tumor with sebaceous differentiation.
• s. gland — holocrine glands in the skin that secrete sebum usually through the hair follicles. They vary in size and activity between species and location. In dogs, large sebaceous glands are located on the dorsum of the tail (see tail gland) and at mucocutaneous junctions. In cats, large glands are located also on the dorsum of the tail, on the lip margins and under the chin (see submental organ).
• s. gland secretion abnormality — includes sebolith, seborrhea.
• s. secretion — see sebum.
• supracaudal s. gland — see supracaudal organ.

See words rhyming with "sebaceous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - talgagtig

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    talg

Nederlands (Dutch)
talg-

Français (French)
adj. - sébacé

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    sébum

Deutsch (German)
adj. - talgig

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    Talg

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λιπώδης, σμηγματώδης

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    σμήγμα

Italiano (Italian)
sebaceo

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    sebo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sebáceo

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    material sebáceo

Русский (Russian)
сальный, жировой

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    секрет сальных желез

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sebáceo

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    sebo, materia sebácea

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fettavsöndrande, fettförande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脂肪的, 分泌脂质的, 脂肪质的

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    似油脂或皮脂的, 分泌油脂或皮脂的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脂肪的, 分泌脂質的, 脂肪質的

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    似油脂或皮脂的, 分泌油脂或皮脂的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지방질의, 지방을 분비하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 皮脂様の, 脂肪を分泌する, 脂肪過多の

idioms:

• sebaceous matter    余分なこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دهني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שומני, של חלב (ח צרויה, ל סגולה)‬

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