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    SEBACEOUS FOLLICLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    glandulae sebaceae; sebaceous follicle; sebaceous gland

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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)

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