1) Human eye anatomy
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The meibomian glands (or tarsal glands) are a special kind of sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids inside the tarsal plate, responsible for the supply of meibum, an oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye`s tear film. Meibum prevents tear spillage onto the cheek, trapping tears between the oiled edge and the eyeball, and makes th....
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(from the article `skin`) ...and over the cheekbones has beds of gigantic glands, the secretion of which keeps these surfaces constantly oily. The sebaceous glands evenly ... The evaporation of the tears as they flow across the eye is largely prevented by the secretion of oily and mucous material by other glands. Thus, the ... ...of ...
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Meibomian gland: One of the little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant called sebum which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The meibomian glands can become inflamed, a condition termed meibomianitis or meibomitis, due to allergy, acne in adolescence, and rosacea. Chronic inflammation of the meibomian gland...
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n] - a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids
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tarsal gland noun a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; `bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye`
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