Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sebaceous gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: se-ba-ceous g-land
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin.

Inflected Forms

sebaceous glands (plural)

Synonyms

sebaceous follicle glandulae sebaceae

Questions

What does sebaceous gland mean?: 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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