sebum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈsiːbəm/
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/ˈsiːbəm/ · /ˈsiːbm̩/
Definition of sebum
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
“‘I mean, it is not simply adolescent acne caused by the over-excretion of sebum.’”
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).
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