Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
gland of Moll Pronunciation:
-'mOl, -'mol, -'mäl Function:
noun : any of the small glands near the free margin of each eyelid regarded asmodified sweat glands called also
Moll's gland Moll /'mol/,
Jacob Antonius (1832–1914), Dutch ophthalmologist. In about 1865 Moll wrote the firstsatisfactory description of the glands of the eyelids that now bear his name.
