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What is a sebaceous gland?

What is a sebaceous gland? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin.
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Acne is a disorder of the pilosebaceous unit, which is made up of a hair follicle, sebaceous gland and a hair.
This is a chronic inflammation of the hair follicle and sebaceous gland characterized by pustules, comedones, cysts, and scars, and it affects most adolescents.
When the erector muscle contracts, the outer coat hairs stand up to trap the air and cause pressure on the sebaceous gland releasing the suint.
To evaluate the efficacy of topical mitomycin-C for pagetoid invasion of the conjunctiva by sebaceous gland carcinoma.
A boil results when the infection is located in a hair follicle or sebaceous gland.
A sty is a small, inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland on the rim of an eyelid.

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