meibomian gland

1. 1.

   a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids

   “bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye”

   Synonymstarsal gland

   Broadersebaceous gland

Questions about meibomian gland

What does meibomian gland mean?

meibomian gland means "a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids".

What is another word for meibomian gland?

Close synonyms include tarsal gland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meibomian gland a common word?

meibomian gland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.