| NOUN | body | sebaceous gland, sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae | a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin |
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| Meaning | A cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin. | |
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| Synonyms | sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae | |
| Part of | hair follicle | A small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair |
| integumentary system | The skin and its appendages | |
| Narrower | Meibomian gland, tarsal gland | A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids |
| Montgomery's tubercle | One of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding | |
| Broader | oil gland | A gland that secretes oil |
| Spanish | glandulae sebaceae, glándula sebácea | |
| Catalan | glandulae sebaceae, glàndula sebàcia | |
| Adjectives | pilosebaceous | of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland |
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