sebaceous gland

English

Noun

sebaceous gland (plural sebaceous glands)

(anatomy) A 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

Translations

gland of skin secreting sebum

Catalan: glàndula sebàcia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皮脂腺 (zh) (pízhīxiàn)
Dutch: talgklier (nl) m or f
Finnish: talirauhanen (fi)
German: Talgdrüse (de) f
Greek: σμηγματογόνος αδένας m (smigmatogónos adénas)
Irish: faireog gheireach f

Italian: ghiandola sebacea f
Macedonian: лојна жлезда f (lojna žlezda)
Maori: repe noni
Polish: gruczoł łojowy m
Portuguese: glândula sebácea (pt) f
Russian: са́льная железа́ f (sálʹnaja železá)
Serbo-Croatian: lojna žlijezda, lojnica (sh), salovnica f
Spanish: glándula sebácea (es) f

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