Medical Dictionary

gland of Moll

noun \-ˈmōl, -ˈml, -ˈmäl\

Medical Definition of GLAND OF MOLL

:  any of the small glands near the free margin of each eyelid regarded as modified sweat glands—called also Moll's gland

Biographical Note for GLAND OF MOLL

Moll \ˈml\ , Jacob Antonius (1832–1914), Dutch ophthalmologist. In about 1865 Moll wrote the first satisfactory description of the glands that now bear his name.

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