GLANDE MEIBOMIUS
glandes des Meibomius / meibomi-an glands. NA: glandulae tarsales. [Heinrich Meibom (sou Meibomius), anatomist otande-z., profesor la Helmsta^t, 1638-1700.] G. mid, in numar de 25-30, situate in grosimea *tar-sului palpebral, a caror secretie grasa se amesteca cu lacrimi¬le, contribuind astfel la lubrifierea corneei.