meibomian gland

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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).

释义

名词noun

1(ophthalmology, anatomy) A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.

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