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Fatty. Relating to a part of the body that produces oil.

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  • Her greasy hair is the result of active sebaceous glands.
  • The pores in your skin contain oil producing glands called sebaceous glands that release oil called sebum.
  • Hair Premature graying, baldness, dandruff, seborrhea (excessive secretion oily material by glands of skin called sebaceous glands.
  • The mass was cancerous: sebaceous gland carcinoma.
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