sebum

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsibm̩/
  • Hyphenation: se‧bum

Noun

sebum (countable and uncountable, plural sebums or seba)

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), whence also (through Proto-Germanic) sāpō.

Pronunciation

Noun

sēbum n (genitive sēbī); second declension

  1. tallow, grease
  2. suet
  3. hard animal fat

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēbum sēba
Genitive sēbī sēbōrum
Dative sēbō sēbīs
Accusative sēbum sēba
Ablative sēbō sēbīs
Vocative sēbum sēba

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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)

  1. sebum

Declension

declension of sebum (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sebum sebumul
genitive/dative (unui) sebum sebumului
vocative sebumule
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