sebum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris. countable,uncountable
    — ‘I mean, it is not simply adolescent acne caused by the over-excretion of sebum.’

词形变化

sebums plural seba plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin sēbumlbor.
English sebum
Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).
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