Meibomianitis

Meibomianitis

Inflammation of the meibomian glands; rosacea is a common cause. Symptoms include red or pink eyelid margins, a red or pink eye, dryness, burning, blurred vision and a swollen eye.

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meibomianitis

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Inflammation of the meibomian glands; rosacea is a common cause. Symptoms include red or pink eyelid margins, a red or pink eye, dryness, burning, blurred vision and a swollen ...

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Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius, a Danish general scholar, an antiquarian and librarian, and also a philologist and mathematician.

meibomian gland

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Gland found in the eyelid that produces the oily outer layer of the three-layer tear film that lubricates the eye.

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meibomian cyst

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A non-neoplastic cyst of the meibomian glands of the eyelid.

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