sebum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiːbəm/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsiːbm̩/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
‘I mean, it is not simply adolescent acne caused by the over-excretion of sebum.’
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 387:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sebums | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| seba | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sebaceous · seborrhagia · seborrhea · sebific
Translations (22)
sk maz (thick oily substance) · sv talg (thick oily substance) · is húðfeiti (thick oily substance) · it sebo (thick oily substance) · pl łój (thick oily substance) · ko 피지 (thick oily substance) · pt sebo (thick oily substance) · la sebum (thick oily substance) · ko 개기름 (thick oily substance) · de Talg (thick oily substance) · fi tali (thick oily substance) · ja 皮脂 (thick oily substance) · vi bã nhờn (thick oily substance) · hi त्वग्वसा (thick oily substance) · nl talg (thick oily substance) · cmn 皮脂 (thick oily substance) · ca sèu (thick oily substance) · fr sébum (thick oily substance) · es sebo (thick oily substance) · yue 皮脂 (thick oily substance) · cs lůj (thick oily substance) · ru ко́жное са́ло (thick oily substance)