Definition of Pilosebaceous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland.


Medical Definition of Pilosebaceous

1. Relating to the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. Origin: pilo-+ L. Sebum, suet (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilosebaceous

piloerectors
piloid
piloid astrocytoma
piloid gliosis
pilojection
pilomatrixoma
pilomotor
pilomotor fibres
pilomotor reflex
pilon fracture
pilonidal
pilonidal cyst
pilonidal fistula
pilonidal sinus
pilose
pilosebaceous (current term)
pilosebaceous unit
pilosebaceous units
pilosis
pilosities
pilosity
pilot
pilot-hole
pilot balloon
pilot balloon observation
pilot biscuit
pilot bit
pilot blacksnake
pilot boat
pilot bread

Literary usage of Pilosebaceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1921)
"The absence of pilosebaceous ... justifies the conclusion that the lesions of this disease can develop independent of pilosebaceous structures. ..."

2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"having its seat in the mouths of the pilosebaceous ducts, has been generally accepted. Bowen, who has had the opportunity of studying both of White's cases, ..."

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