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Webster 1913 Edition
Meibomian
Mei-bo′mi-an
,Adj.
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, .
Meibomius
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.
Definition 2024
Meibomian
Meibomian
See also: meibomian
English
Adjective
Meibomian (comparative more Meibomian, superlative most Meibomian)
- Of or relating to Heinrich Meibom (doctor) (Meibomius; 1638–1700), German physician and scholar.
Derived terms
- Meibomian cyst
- Meibomian gland