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Sebaceous glands, for example, secrete sebum (skin oil).
Ear Wax 2008
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It's like that voice at the end of Mortal Kombat: "Sebaceous Cyst WINS!"
A half-serious question. Angry Professor 2008
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Sebaceous gland activity is suppressed by the cyproterone in the combination.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Sebaceous gland activity is suppressed by the cyproterone in the combination.
Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007
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Sebaceous: Translucent, yellowish or greyish-white.
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The Sebaceous Glands (glandulæ sebaceæ) are small, sacculated, glandular organs, lodged in the substance of the corium.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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_Sebaceous cysts_ or _wens_ are of frequent occurrence, and have been described in Volume I.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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(_Synonyms: _ Sebaceous Cyst; Sebaceous Tumor; Wen.) #Describe steatoma.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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The _Sebaceous Glands_, which are placed in the true skin, are less abundant where the sudoriferous glands are most numerous, and _vice versa_.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Sebaceous glands, found all over the body but especially on the face and head, produce oils to protect the skin and hair.
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