sebaceous gland

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English

Noun

sebaceous gland (plural sebaceous glands)

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

Synonyms

• sebaceous follicle
• glandulae sebaceae

Translations

gland of skin secreting sebum

Catalan: glàndula sebàcia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 皮脂腺 (cmn) (pízhīxiàn) Dutch: talgklier (nl) m. and f. Finnish: talirauhanen (fi) German: Talgdrüse (de) f. Greek: σμηγματογόνος αδένας (el) (smigmatogónos aðénas) m.

Irish: faireog gheireach (ga) f. Italian: ghiandola sebacea (it) f. Macedonian: лојна жлезда (mk) (lojna žlezda) f. Russian: сальная железа (ru) (sál'naja ž'el'ezá) f. Serbian: salovnica f. Serbo-Croatian: lojna žlijezda (sh), lojnica (sh) Spanish: glándula sebácea (es) f.