sebum

Significat (Anglès)

A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

Conceptes

greixós

oliós

sèu

Sinònims

fat

fatness

fats

fatty

grease

greasy

gunky

lipid

oily

oleaginous

tallow

unethical

sebum cutaneum

sebaceous matter

lipopectic

mutton tallow

axungia

lipo

clatty

Traduccions

sebo

sébum

Talg

sebo

secreción sebácea

sebum

talg

Hauttalg

زهم

sebo

secreção sebácea

huileux

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsibm̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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