pilosebaceous

1. 1.

   of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland

Questions about pilosebaceous

What does pilosebaceous mean?

pilosebaceous means "of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland".

How many syllables are in pilosebaceous?

pilosebaceous has 6 syllables and divides as pi-lo-se-ba-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pilosebaceous a common word?

pilosebaceous 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.