Definition of Sebific

1. producing fatty matter [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sebific

sebaceous tubercle
sebaceousness
sebaceus
sebacic
sebacic acid
sebaciousness
sebacoyl
sebacoyl chloride
sebasic
sebate
sebates
sebesten
sebestens
sebiagogic
sebiferous
sebific (current term)
sebiparous
sebkha
sebkhas
sebo-
sebocyte
sebocytes
sebolith
seborrhea
seborrheal
seborrheas
seborrheic
seborrheic blepharoconjunctivitis
seborrheic dermatitis
seborrheic dermatosis

Literary usage of Sebific

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

1. Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1878)
"In other cases, the female will fill her hole almost entirely with the sebific matter. Nor are the eggs invariably laid in the ground, for while we know of ..."

2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"These ova became covered at the same time with the sebific liquid ; for some were seen to be provided with a little appendage intended to fix them to the ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"These ova became covered at the same time with the sebific liquid ; for some were seen to be provided with a little appendage intended to fix them to the ..."

4. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley (1899)
"These ova became covered at the same time with the sebific liquid ; for some were seen to be provided with a little appendage intended to fix them to the ..."

5. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"... of the body a frothy mucous matter which fills up the bottom of the hole and bathes the horny valves. This is the sebific fluid which is secreted by the ..."

6. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"From the under side, a little in advance of the middle, arises the sebific: duct, which, after making three tight coils next to the ganglion, ..."

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