English Explanatory Dictionary

meibomian gland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of meibomian gland.

Word forms

meibomian gland meibomian glands

Etymology

Named after 17ᵗʰ century German physician Johann Heinrich Meibom, who provided the first comprehensive description of the glands in his 1666 work De Vasis Palpebrarum Novis Epistola (Epistle on the New Vessels of the Eyelids).

Synonyms

tarsal gland
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