Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sebaceous filament

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: se-ba-ceous -fil-a-ment
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tiny collection of sebum and dead skin cells around a hair follicle, which usually takes the form of a small, yellow to off-white hair-like strand when expressed from the skin.

Inflected Forms

sebaceous filaments (plural)

Questions

What does sebaceous filament mean?: A tiny collection of sebum and dead skin cells around a hair follicle, which usually takes the form of a small, yellow to off-white hair-like strand when expressed from the skin.

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