SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sebaceous follicle mean? 

• SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE (noun)
  The noun SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE has 1 sense:

1. a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin

  Familiarity information: SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glandulae sebaceae; sebaceous follicle; sebaceous gland

Hypernyms ("sebaceous follicle" is a kind of...):

oil gland (a gland that secretes oil)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sebaceous follicle"):

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)

Holonyms ("sebaceous follicle" is a part of...):

integumentary system (the skin and its appendages)

hair follicle (a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them)