glandulae sebaceae

Questions about glandulae sebaceae

What does glandulae sebaceae mean?

glandulae sebaceae means "a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin".

What is another word for glandulae sebaceae?

Close synonyms include sebaceous gland, sebaceous follicle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glandulae sebaceae a common word?

glandulae sebaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.