sebum
noun/ˈsiːbəm/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).
- learned borrowing from sēbum
Definitions
A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of…
A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
- ‘I mean, it is not simply adolescent acne caused by the over-excretion of sebum.’
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sebum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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