First Known Use: 1728
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sebaceous
adjective se·ba·ceous \si-ˈbā-shəs\
biology : producing an oily substance in the body
Full Definition of SEBACEOUS
1
: secreting sebum <sebaceous glands>
2
: of, relating to, or being fatty material : fatty <a sebaceous exudate>
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Origin of SEBACEOUS
Latin sebaceus made of tallow, from sebum tallow
Rhymes with SEBACEOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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sebaceous
adjective se·ba·ceous \si-ˈbā-shəs\
Medical Definition of SEBACEOUS
1
: secreting sebum
2
: of, relating to, or being fatty material <a sebaceous exudate>
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