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Meibomian cyst
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Meibomian cyst [mī′bō·mē·ən ′sist]
(medicine)


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OPHTHALMOLOGY: EUA; corneal foreign body; probe tear duct; incision meibomian cyst; remove pterygium H.
They exist as a component of the pilosebaceous unit or, less frequently, open directly to the epithelial surface in areas of modified skin, including the lips and buccal mucosa (as Fordyce spots), glans penis or clitoris (as Tyson glands), areolae (as Montgomery glands), and eyelids (as meibomian glands).
The eyelids contain many oil producing glands called meibomian glands.
 
 
 
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