Usually means: Glands secreting oil in skin.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Sebaceous:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sebaceous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sebaceous: Merriam-Webster
  3. sebaceous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sebaceous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sebaceous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sebaceous: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sebaceous, sebaceous: Wordnik
  8. sebaceous: Wiktionary
  9. sebaceous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sebaceous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sebaceous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sebaceous: Dictionary.com
  13. sebaceous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sebaceous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sebaceous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sebaceous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sebaceous: Rhymezone
  18. sebaceous: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  19. Sebaceous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sebaceous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. sebaceous: FreeDictionary.org
  22. sebaceous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. sebaceous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sebaceous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sebaceous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sebaceous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. sebaceous: Medical dictionary

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  1. sebaceous: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sebaceous)

▸ adjective:  of or relating to fat, sebum
▸ adjective:  oozing fat
▸ adjective:  (botany) tallowy, waxy

Similar:
oleaginous, oily, fatty, greasy, fat, lipoidal, seborrheal, pilosebaceous, seborrheic, adipose, more...

Opposite:
keratinous, dry, non-greasy

Types:
waxy, oily, greasy, slimy, slippery, gooey, mucous, more...

Phrases:
sebaceous glands, sebaceous gland, sebaceous cysts, sebaceous cyst, sebaceous carcinoma, more...

Adjectives:
nevus, naevus, hair, linear, tarsal
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Similar:
oleaginous, oily, fatty, greasy, fat, lipoidal, seborrheal, pilosebaceous, seborrheic, adipose, more...

Opposite:
keratinous, dry, non-greasy

Types:
waxy, oily, greasy, slimy, slippery, gooey, mucous, more...

Phrases:
sebaceous glands, sebaceous gland, sebaceous cysts, sebaceous cyst, sebaceous carcinoma, Sebaceous hyperplasia, sebaceous adenoma, sebaceous follicles, sebaceous secretion, sebaceous duct, nevus sebaceous, more...

Adjectives:
nevus, naevus, hair, linear, tarsal



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