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Definition of Sebaceous gland

1. Noun. A cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin.

Definition of Sebaceous gland

1. Noun. (anatomy) A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin. ¹

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Medical Definition of Sebaceous gland

1. A normal gland of the skin which empties an oily secretion into the hair follicle near the surface of the skin. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Sebaceous gland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"Abnormal occurrence of a sebaceous gland in the palpebral conjunctiva of the ... This sebaceous mass, like the contents of a sebaceous gland of the skin, ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"This sebaceous mass, like the contents of a sebaceous gland of the skin, was readily pressed out. ..."

3. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"The secretion of these glands, the sebum, when fresh at the body-temperature, is a 1 Section of portion of sebaceous gland from human scalp, including pan ..."

4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1893)
"... into the common tubular depression at a variable distance from the surface of the skin, but always a little above the opening of the sebaceous gland. ..."

5. A Text-book of Histology: Including Microscopic Technic by Alexander A. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"Model of a sebaceous gland with a portion of the hair follicle, reconstructed by Horn's wax-plate method. A, Hair follicle. are found large sweat-glands, ..."

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