sebaceous follicle
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sebaceous follicle — noun a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin • Syn: ↑sebaceous gland, ↑glandulae sebaceae • Hypernyms: ↑oil gland • Hyponyms: ↑Meibomian gland, ↑tarsal gland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sebaceous gland — noun a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin • Syn: ↑sebaceous follicle, ↑glandulae sebaceae • Hypernyms: ↑oil gland • Hyponyms: ↑Meibomian gland, ↑tarsal gland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sebaceous gland — noun A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin. Syn: sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae … Wiktionary
Sebaceous hyperplasia — is a disorder of the sebaceous glands in which they become enlarged. These glands are located within the skin and are responsible for secreting an oily substance named sebum. They are commonly associated with hair follicles but they can be found… … Wikipedia
Sebaceous gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = Sebaceous gland Latin = glandula sebacea GraySubject = 234 GrayPage = 1069 Caption = Schematic view of a hair follicle with sebaceous gland. Caption2 = Cross section of all skin layers. A hair follicle with associated… … Wikipedia
Sebaceous cyst — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29388 ICD10 = ICD10|L|72|1|l|60 ICD9 = ICD9|706.2 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000842 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D004814A sebaceous cyst (a form of trichilemmal cyst) is a… … Wikipedia
sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin. [1720 30] * * * Small oil producing gland in the skin, usually connected to a hair follicle by a duct into which it releases sebum, a component of the slightly… … Universalium
follicle — 1. A more or less spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. 2. A crypt or minute cul de sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. SYN: folliculus [TA]. [L. folliculus, a small sac, dim. of follis, a … Medical dictionary
Sebaceous gland — A normal gland of the skin which empties an oily secretion into the hair follicle near the surface of the skin. * * * sebaceous gland n any of the small sacculated glands lodged in the substance of the derma, usu. opening into the hair follicles … Medical dictionary
Follicle, hair — A sac from which a hair grows and into which sebaceous (oil) glands open. The follicle is lined by cells derived from the epidermal (outside) layer of skin. The human hair follicle is a dynamic structure that generates hair through a complex and… … Medical dictionary
