sebaceous
/səˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
sebaceous adjective: of or relating to fat, sebum.
Adjective
sebaceous (not comparable)
sebaceous meaning in Tamil
sebaceous in Tamil
- சரும மெழுகு
Origin of sebaceous
Borrowed from Latin sebaceus (whence -aceous), from Latin sebum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), which Proto-Germanic *saipǭ ("soap") is also derived from.
Words formed from sebaceous
- keratosebaceous
- nonsebaceous
- pilosebaceous
- sebaceous adenitis
- sebaceous cyst
- sebaceous filament
- sebaceous follicle
- sebaceous gland
- sebaceousness
- sebaceous nevus syndrome
Phrases with sebaceous
Words that rhyme with sebaceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
- acanthaceous
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- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about sebaceous
- What does sebaceous mean?
- Sebaceous means of or relating to fat, sebum.
- What is sebaceous in Tamil?
- Sebaceous in Tamil is சரும மெழுகு. See Sebaceous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sebaceous?
- Sebaceous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sebaceous?
- Sebaceous is pronounced /səˈbeɪ.ʃəs/ (US).
Words near sebaceous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sebaceous (page history and authors); sebaceous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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