| sebaceous gland n. Any of various glands in the dermis of the skin that open into a hair follicle and produce and secrete sebum. |
sebaceous gland (s -b  sh s) Any of the glands that are found in the skin of mammals and secrete sebum into the hair follicles. |
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| Noun | 1. |  sebaceous gland - a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skinoil gland - a gland that secretes oil Meibomian gland, tarsal gland - a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; "bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye" Montgomery's tubercle - one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding 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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