| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Adjective | 1. Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius.[Websters] 2. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb meibomianly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (meibomianly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective meibomian.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Meibomian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Meibomian cyst | A small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Meibomian gland | A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; "bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Meibomian gland | The Meibomian glands (Glandulae tarsales) are a special kind of sebaceous glands at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the supply of sebum, an oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear film. There are approximately 50 glands on the upper eyelids and 25 glands on the lower eyelids. (references) | ||
| Meibomian glands | The slender sebaceous glands of the eyelids, which discharge, through minute orifices in the edges of the lids, a fatty secretion serving to lubricate the adjacent parts. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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| Meibomian Glands | Health | The sebaceous glands situated on the inner surface of the eyelids between the tarsal plates and conjunctiva. (references) | |
| Meibomian glands | Medicine | A series of simple, branched, alveolar, sebaceous glands, located in the tarso of the eyelids, whose ducts empty into the eyelid margins in line with and lateral to the lacrimal puncta. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: MEIBOMIAN | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Meibomian gland | 7 | Meibomian gland | 7 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Deutsch | Meibomsch (Meibomian). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Meibomian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Meibomsch (Meibomian). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Meibomian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Meibomsch (Meibomian). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Meibomian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Meibomsch (Meibomian). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Meibomian. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “Meibomian” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | Eibomianmay (Meibomian). Additional references: Pig Latin, Meibomian. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | Meiboms (Meibomian). Additional references: Terran B, Meibomian. (volunteer) | |||
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