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Meaning of MEIBOMIAN

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mei*bo"mi*an\, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius.

{Meibomian glands}, the slender sebaceous glands of the
   eyelids, which discharge, through minute orifices in the
   edges of the lids, a fatty secretion serving to lubricate
   the adjacent parts.

 

 

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