SEBACEOUS GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sebaceous gland mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEBACEOUS GLAND (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 gland" is a kind of...):

oil gland (a gland that secretes oil)

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

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 gland" 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)

 Context examples 

The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.

(Integumentary System, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Meibomian Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

A hamartomatous skin lesion containing sebaceous glands.

(Organoid Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

A distinctive characteristic of the skin marked by the amount of sebum secreted by sebaceous glands.

(CDISC SDTM Skin Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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

(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Benign Skin Appendage Neoplasm, 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)

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

(Hair Follicle Infundibulum, NCI Thesaurus)

An inflammatory process of the sebaceous glands which is characterized by comedones, nodules, papules and/or pustules on the skin.

(Acne, NCI Thesaurus)

A domain for physiological findings related to the integumentary system, including the epidermis, dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.

(Integumentary System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)