Little glands in the eyelids that make a fatty lubricant which they discharge through tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The meibomian glands can become inflamed, a condition termed meibomianitis or meibomitis. Chronic inflammation of the meibomian glands leads to a cyst, also called chalazion, which is a pimple in the margin of the eyelid. The meibomian glands are also known as the palpebral glands, tarsal glands, or tarsoconjunctival glands.

A type of gland of the eyelid's inner surface. Inflammation of a meibomian gland can produce a swelling called a chalazion.

a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; "bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye"