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meibomian gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
mei-bo-mi-an g-land
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of meibomian gland.

Etymology

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).

Inflected Forms

meibomian glands (plural)

Synonyms

tarsal gland

Questions

What does meibomian gland mean?
A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.
Where does meibomian gland come from?
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).

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