Meibomian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meibomian \Mei*bo"mi*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius.
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     {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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