Sebum
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The semifluid [secretion] of the [sebaceous] [glands], consisting chiefly of fat, keratin, and cellular material.
Sebum meaning & definition 1 of Sebum.
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An oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
Sebum meaning & definition 2 of Sebum.
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sebum Latin, originally, hog fat, lard, fat less than ultimately from [Indo-European] root *sus pig, with related words like swine, sow, French suif ‘[tallow], candle fat,’ [suet], and the farmer’s common pig-call in many languages, suee-suee.
Sebum meaning & definition 3 of Sebum.