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Definition: MEIBOMIAN GLANDS

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: MEIBOMIAN GLANDS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: MEIBOMIAN GLANDS

ExpressionsDefinition
Meibomian glandsThe 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: MEIBOMIAN GLANDS

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Meibomian GlandsHealthThe sebaceous glands situated on the inner surface of the eyelids between the tarsal plates and conjunctiva. (references)
Meibomian glandsMedicineA 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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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