sebum

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

Similar words

inspissated secrete secretion epidermose secretome secreta hydrolipid secretor saliva semenogelin

Often followed by

production and is secretion excretion in from to that

Word family

sebums