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sebaceous filament

sebaceous filament noun: a tiny collection of sebum and dead skin cells around a hair follicle, which usually takes the form of a small, yellow to off-white hair-like strand when expressed from the skin.

Noun

sebaceous filament (plural sebaceous filaments)

  1. A tiny collection of sebum and dead skin cells around a hair follicle, which usually takes the form of a small, yellow to off-white hair-like strand when expressed from the skin.

Forms of sebaceous filament

pluralsebaceous filaments

Questions about sebaceous filament

What does sebaceous filament mean?
Sebaceous filament means a tiny collection of sebum and dead skin cells around a hair follicle, which usually takes the form of a small, yellow to off-white hair-like strand when expressed from the skin.
What part of speech is sebaceous filament?
Sebaceous filament is a noun.
What is the plural of sebaceous filament?
The plural of sebaceous filament is sebaceous filaments.

Words near sebaceous filament in the dictionary

  1. sebacate
  2. sebacates
  3. sebaceous
  4. sebaceous adenitis
  5. sebaceous cyst
  6. sebaceous filament
  7. sebaceous filaments
  8. sebaceous gland
  9. sebaceous glands
  10. sebaceous nevus syndrome
  11. sebaceousness

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