Meanings
plural sebaceous glands
- anatomyA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic غُدَّة دُهْنيّة
- غُدَّة دُهْنيّةgland of skin secreting sebum
Catalan glàndula sebàcia
- glàndula sebàciagland of skin secreting sebum
Chinese Mandarin 皮脂腺
- 皮脂腺 (pízhīxiàn)gland of skin secreting sebum
Dutch talgklier
- talgkliergland of skin secreting sebum
Finnish talirauhanen
- talirauhanengland of skin secreting sebum
German Talgdrüse
- Talgdrüsegland of skin secreting sebum
Greek σμηγματογόνος αδένας
- σμηγματογόνος αδένας (smigmatogónos adénas)gland of skin secreting sebum
Hindi तैल ग्रंथि, वसा ग्रंथि
- तैल ग्रंथिgland of skin secreting sebum
- वसा ग्रंथि (vasā granthi)gland of skin secreting sebum
- त्वग्वसीय ग्रंथि (tvagvasīya granthi)gland of skin secreting sebum
Hungarian faggyúmirigy
- faggyúmirigygland of skin secreting sebum
Irish faireog gheireach
- faireog gheireachgland of skin secreting sebum
Italian ghiandola sebacea
- ghiandola sebaceagland of skin secreting sebum
Latin glandula sebacea
- glandula sebaceagland of skin secreting sebum
Māori repe noni
- repe nonigland of skin secreting sebum
Polish gruczoł łojowy
- gruczoł łojowygland of skin secreting sebum
Portuguese glândula sebácea
- glândula sebáceagland of skin secreting sebum
Romanian glandă sebacee
- glandă sebaceegland of skin secreting sebum
Russian са́льная железа́
- са́льная железа́ (sálʹnaja železá)gland of skin secreting sebum
Spanish glándula sebácea
- glándula sebáceagland of skin secreting sebum
Swedish talgkörtel
- talgkörtelgland of skin secreting sebum
Welsh chwarren sebwm
- chwarren sebwmgland of skin secreting sebum
Cite this entry
sebaceous gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sebaceous%20gland
“sebaceous gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sebaceous%20gland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sebaceous gland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sebaceous%20gland.
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