sebaceous gland

Questions about sebaceous gland

What does sebaceous gland mean?

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

What is another word for sebaceous gland?

Close synonyms include sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae. 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 sebaceous gland a common word?

sebaceous gland 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.