SEBACEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sebaceous mean? 

• SEBACEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SEBACEOUS has 1 sense:

1. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

  Familiarity information: SEBACEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEBACEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

Synonyms:

greasy; oily; oleaginous; sebaceous

Context example:

oleaginous seeds

Similar:

fat; fatty (containing or composed of fat)

Derivation:

sebum (the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin)

 Context examples 

A hamartomatous skin lesion containing sebaceous glands.

(Organoid Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

A sebaceous gland in the eyelid that produces a specific type of sebum.

(Meibomian Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes keratin, type I cytoskeletal 17 protein, is involved in the formation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands.

(KRT17 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the hair follicles, sebaceous glands, or sweat glands.

(Benign Skin Appendage Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma arising from the sebaceous glands, sweat glands, or the hair follicles.

(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant epithelial neoplasm arising from sebaceous or sweat glands or from hair follicles.

(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It presents as a cystic mass that contains sebaceous material admixed with hairs.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary sebaceous adenoma or sebaceous carcinoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Secondary Sebaceous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary sebaceous carcinoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Sebaceous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper portion of a hair follicle extending from the sebaceous gland duct to the follicular orifice.

(Hair Follicle Infundibulum, NCI Thesaurus)