meibomianadj.

Brit.

/mʌɪˈbəʊmɪən/, U.S.

/maɪˈboʊmiən/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Meibom , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Heinrich Meibom of Helmstadt (1638–1700), German anatomist, who described the glands in De Vasis Palpebrarum Novis Epistola (1666) + -ian suffix.

Anatomy.

1. Designating or relating to the sebaceous glands of the human eyelid.

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1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 161 When scrophula attacks the eye-lids, it has usually its seat in the Meibomian glands.

1826 Lancet 21 Jan. 564/1 When the Meibomian secretion is renewed, it is altered in quality.

1858 H. Gray Anat. 565 The Meibomian glands are situated upon the inner surface of the eyelids.

1889 G. A. Berry Dis. Eye i. 2 An oily secretion is formed in the tarsal, or Meibomian glands.

1904 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. 24 13 Meibomian secretion organisms, etc., will become adherent to the keratinised plaques.

1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxi. 487 The orifices of the ducts of the meibomian glands form a single row of minute orifices, just visible to the naked eye.

1985 C. R. Leeson et al. Textbk. Histol. (ed. 5) xvii. 551/1 Present in both tarsal plates is a single row of very large sebaceous glands, the tarsal (meibomian) glands.

2. meibomian cyst n. = chalazion n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > sty

styanc1000

grandoa1400

styanyc1440

west1569

styea1625

chalazion1708

stithe1789

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hordeolum1806

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meibomian cyst1895

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 143 Scoops, for Meibomian cysts, oval or round.

1982 T. Smith Macmillan Guide Family Health 315 A chalazion (sometimes called a meibomian cyst) is a painless swelling on the lid margin. It is caused by the blockage of one of the meibomian glands, which lubricate the lid margin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meibomian
释义	meibomianadj. Brit. /mʌɪˈbəʊmɪən/, U.S. /maɪˈboʊmiən/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Meibom , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Heinrich Meibom of Helmstadt (1638–1700), German anatomist, who described the glands in De Vasis Palpebrarum Novis Epistola (1666) + -ian suffix. Anatomy. 1. Designating or relating to the sebaceous glands of the human eyelid. ΚΠ 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 161 When scrophula attacks the eye-lids, it has usually its seat in the Meibomian glands. 1826 Lancet 21 Jan. 564/1 When the Meibomian secretion is renewed, it is altered in quality. 1858 H. Gray Anat. 565 The Meibomian glands are situated upon the inner surface of the eyelids. 1889 G. A. Berry Dis. Eye i. 2 An oily secretion is formed in the tarsal, or Meibomian glands. 1904 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. 24 13 Meibomian secretion organisms, etc., will become adherent to the keratinised plaques. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxi. 487 The orifices of the ducts of the meibomian glands form a single row of minute orifices, just visible to the naked eye. 1985 C. R. Leeson et al. Textbk. Histol. (ed. 5) xvii. 551/1 Present in both tarsal plates is a single row of very large sebaceous glands, the tarsal (meibomian) glands. 2. meibomian cyst n. = chalazion n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > sty styanc1000 grandoa1400 styanyc1440 west1569 styea1625 chalazion1708 stithe1789 wisp1789 hordeolum1806 quat1876 meibomian cyst1895 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 143 Scoops, for Meibomian cysts, oval or round. 1982 T. Smith Macmillan Guide Family Health 315 A chalazion (sometimes called a meibomian cyst) is a painless swelling on the lid margin. It is caused by the blockage of one of the meibomian glands, which lubricate the lid margin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1813
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