Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tarsal_gland

1 sense of tarsal gland

Sense 1
Meibomian gland, tarsal gland -- (a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; "bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye")
       => sebaceous gland, sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae -- (a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin)