oil gland

/ɔɪl glænd/

Other forms: oil glands

Definitions of oil gland

1. noun

   a gland that secretes oil
   types:

   preen gland, uropygial gland

   oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds

   glandulae sebaceae, sebaceous follicle, sebaceous gland

   a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin

   Meibomian gland, tarsal gland

   a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids

   Montgomery's tubercle

   one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding

   type of:

   duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland

   a gland that secretes externally through a duct