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sebaceous gland
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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-bshs)
Any of the glands that are found in the skin of mammals and secrete sebum into the hair follicles.
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Noun1.sebaceous gland - a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skinsebaceous gland - a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin
glandulae sebaceae, sebaceous follicle
oil 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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These bumps and patches are formed by overactive sebacious glands (usually due to hormonal imbalances), high skin pH, oil, and basteria that thrive in these conditions.
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Dry, rough, scaly skin, wrinkling, itching, pimples loss of elasticity, premature aging, enlarged pores, irregular sebacious gland production, dandruff, split/peeling nails, poor night vision, burning and itching eyes, thickening of cornea, skin being slow to heal and grow?
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AAcne spots are caused by the obstruction of hair follicles by sebum, the oily substance from the sebacious glands which are concentrated in the face, centre of the chest, upper back and shoulders.
Healthy Woman by Palmer, Jill / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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