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 lacrimile, contribuind astfel la lubrifierea corneei.
