Se-bā'ceoŭs, a.
(-shŭs), a. [N. Lat. sebaceus, from Lat. sebum, tallow; It. sebaceo.]
- Made of tallow or fat; pertaining to fat.
- (Bot.) Looking like wax, tallow, or grease; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants. Henslow.
- (Physiol.) Affording fatty secretions; as, sebaceous follicles. Carpenter.
Sebaceous glands (Anat.), small conglomerate glands situated in the sub-cutaneous areolar tissue, either isolated, or connected with the hair follicles which secrete the sebaceous humor. — Sebaceous humor, a suet-like or glutinous matter secreted by the sebaceous glands, which serves to defend the skin and keep it soft.