sebum
A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
A kind of
- secretion
Related words
- sebific
- seborrhagia
- seborrhea
- sebaceous
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sebum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.