"sebaceous gland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sebaceous glands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: sebaceous gland Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae Translations (gland of skin secreting sebum): غُدَّة دُهْنيّة (Arabic), glàndula sebàcia [feminine] (Catalan), 皮脂腺 (pízhīxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), talgklier [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), talirauhanen (Finnish), Talgdrüse [feminine] (German), σμηγματογόνος αδένας (smigmatogónos adénas) [masculine] (Greek), तैल ग्रंथि (english: tail granthi) (Hindi), वसा ग्रंथि (vasā granthi) (Hindi), त्वग्वसीय ग्रंथि (tvagvasīya granthi) (Hindi), faggyúmirigy (Hungarian), faireog gheireach [feminine] (Irish), ghiandola sebacea [feminine] (Italian), май безі (mai bezı) (Kazakh), glandula sebacea [feminine] (Latin), лојна жлезда (lojna žlezda) [feminine] (Macedonian), repe noni (Maori), gruczoł łojowy [masculine] (Polish), glândula sebácea [feminine] (Portuguese), glandă sebacee [feminine] (Romanian), са́льная железа́ (sálʹnaja železá) [feminine] (Russian), lojna žlijezda (Serbo-Croatian), lojnica (Serbo-Croatian), salovnica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), glándula sebácea [feminine] (Spanish), talgkörtel [common-gender] (Swedish), chwarren sebwm [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sebaceous_gland-en-noun-b3GyxaEw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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