tarsal gland

1. 1.

   a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids

   “bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye”

   SynonymsMeibomian gland

   Broadersebaceous gland

Questions about tarsal gland

What does tarsal gland mean?

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

What is another word for tarsal gland?

Close synonyms include Meibomian 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 tarsal gland a common word?

tarsal 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.