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Noun Concept
Categories: Human eye anatomy
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Meibomian gland  tarsal gland  Glandulae tarsales  meibomian glands  meibum
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A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids WordNet 3.0
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A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Meibomian glands are sebaceous glands along the rims of the eyelid inside the tarsal plate. Wikipedia
exocrine glands, along the rims of the eyelid Wikidata
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Bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
sebaceous gland
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Nordisk familjebok
NAMED AFTER
Heinrich Meibom
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Meibomian gland, tarsal gland
Wikipedia
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meibomian gland
Wikidata
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Meibomian gland
Wikipedia Redirections
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Glandulae tarsales, meibomian glands, meibum, Palpebral gland, palpebral glands, tarsal gland, tarsal glands, Tarsoconjunctival gland, tarsoconjunctival glands
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tarsal glands

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