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Meibomian cyst
Associated persons:
Heinrich Meibom
Description:
A small tumor of the eyelid resulting from inflammation of a meibomian gland. A condition known to Hippocrates.
Bibliography:
- H. Meibom:
De vasis palpebrarum novis epistolae. Helmstädt, Müller, 1666.
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