sebum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiːbəm/, /ˈsiːbm̩/ Hyphenation: se‧bum === Noun === sebum (countable and uncountable, plural sebums or seba) (physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === embus == Latin == === Alternative forms === sēvum, saevum sēba, cēpum, cēpa (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), whence also (through Proto-Germanic) sāpō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseː.bũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.bum] === Noun === sēbum n (genitive sēbī); second declension tallow, grease suet hard animal fat ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “sebum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sebum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sebum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French sébum, from Latin sēbum. === Noun === sebum n (uncountable) sebum ==== Declension ====