| Meibom, Hendrik | <person> German anatomist, 1638-1700. See: meibomian conjunctivitis, meibomian cyst, meibomian glands, meibomian sty. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| meibomian | <anatomy> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meibomian conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a conjunctivitis associated with chronic inflammation of the meibomian glands, with swollen tarsal plates and frothy seborrheic secretion. Synonym: seborrheic blepharoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meibomian cyst | An inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid. Also called a chalazian or a tarsal cyst. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meibomian glands | Sebaceous glands between the tarsi and the conjunctiva of the eyelids. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meibomian sty | An acute purulent infection of a meibomian (tarsal) gland. Synonym: acute chalazion, hordeolum meibomianum, meibomian sty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meibomitis | Meibomianitis Inflammation of the meibomian glands. (05 Mar 2000) |