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What does sebaceous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sebaceous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. of or relating to fat, sebum
  2. oozing fat
  3. (botany) tallowy, waxy
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The thicker or inner layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, hair follicles, nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands.
Acne is a disorder of the pilosebaceous unit, which is made up of a hair follicle, sebaceous gland and a hair.
Associated with the follicle are sebaceous glands and the arrector pili smooth muscle fiber bundle.
Histologically, sebaceous hyperplasia consists of enlarged lobules of mature sebaceous glands with a central dilated duct.
Testosterone causes excessive sebum to be secreted from the skin's sebaceous glands.
These sebaceous glands normally produce sebum, a substance which moisturizes the skin.

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