See also: sébum

English

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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sēbum n (genitive sēbī); second declension

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

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

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  • 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.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sébum, from Latin sēbum.

Noun

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sebum n (uncountable)

  1. sebum

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sebum sebumul
genitive-dative sebum sebumului
vocative sebumule