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SEBACEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
Example:
oleaginous seeds
Synonyms:
greasy; oily; oleaginous; sebaceous
Classified under:
Similar:
fat; fatty (containing or composed of fat)
Derivation:
sebum (the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin)
Context examples:
A distinctive characteristic of the skin marked by the amount of sebum secreted by sebaceous glands.
(CDISC SDTM Skin Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The cells may also show sebaceous differentiation and originate from the endoderm.
(Cystic Tumor of Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)
A secondary sebaceous adenoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.
(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Sebaceous Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.
(Integumentary System, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of irregular proliferating nests and islands of epithelium, including solid and gland-like sebaceous elements, surrounded by lymphoid stroma.
(Parotid Gland Sebaceous Lymphadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A domain for physiological findings related to the integumentary system, including the epidermis, dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.
(Integumentary System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An inflammatory process of the sebaceous glands which is characterized by comedones, nodules, papules and/or pustules on the skin.
(Acne, NCI Thesaurus)
Lice attach tightly to hair, fur, and feathers of the host organism and feed on blood, skin, and sebaceous secretions.
(Lice, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of sebaceous skin tumors (adenoma or carcinoma), and internal organ malignant tumors, usually of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract.
(Muir-Torre Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include sebaceous carcinoma, apocrine carcinoma, eccrine carcinoma, and pilomatrical carcinoma.
(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
