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SEBACEOUS GLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin
Synonyms:
glandulae sebaceae; sebaceous follicle; sebaceous gland
Classified under:
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)
