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sebum

Syllables: se·bum/ˈsiːbəm/

sebum noun: a thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

Noun

sebum (countable and uncountable, plural sebums or seba)

  1. 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.’2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 387

sebum meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Vietnamese

sebum in Hindi

thick oily substance
त्वग्वसा tvagvasā

sebum in Tamil

சரும மெழுகு, நெய்யம், மயிரடிச்சுரப்பு, வியர்நெய்

sebum in Vietnamese

thick oily substance
bã nhờn

Forms of sebum

pluralsebums
pluralseba

Origin of sebum

Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).

Words formed from sebum

Questions about sebum

What does sebum mean?
Sebum means a thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
What is sebum in Hindi?
Sebum in Hindi is त्वग्वसा (tvagvasā). See Sebum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sebum?
Sebum is a noun.
How do you pronounce sebum?
Sebum is pronounced /ˈsiːbəm/.
What is the plural of sebum?
The plural of sebum is sebums.

Words near sebum in the dictionary

  1. Sebrings
  2. SEbS
  3. sebsi
  4. sebsis
  5. Sebulshik
  6. sebum
  7. sebums
  8. sebundee
  9. sebundees
  10. sebundies
  11. sebundy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sebum (page history and authors); sebum (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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