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Increased oily secretions from the sweat glands of the skin; occurs often in those with Parkinson's disease.
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A dry or greasy scaling condition of teh skin. The cause is unknown.
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Greasy scales or cheesy plugs resulting from overproduction of the sebaceous glands.
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Excessive production of sebum from the sebaceous glands
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Increased discharge of the oily secretion sebum from the sebaceous glands of the skin.
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Seborrhoea, a medical term applied to describe an accumulation on the skin of the normal sebaceous secretion mixed with dirt and forming scales or a distinct incrustation. On the head, where it is commonly seen, it may interfere with the nutrition of the hair and cause partial baldness.
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