Medical Definition of Ciaccio's glands

1. Small, compound, branched, tubular glands located in the middle part of the lid (Wolfring's glands, 1872, or Ciaccio's glands, 1874) and along the superior and inferior fornices of the conjunctival sac (Krause's glands, 1854). These accessory glands are just scattered scraps of lacrimal gland tissue; all of them produce the same kind of tears and debouch on to the conjunctival surface. Henle's and Baumgarten's "glands" are in fact not glands at all, but mere epithelial invaginations. Synonym: glandulae lacrimales accessoriae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciaccio's Glands

chypre
chypres
chytrid
Chytridiaceae
Chytridiales
Chytridiomycetes
chytrids
Ch B
Ch D
Ci
Ci
CIA
ciabatta
ciabattas
ciabatte
Ciaccio's glands
Ciaccio's stain
cialit
ciao
ciaos
Ciardi
cibation
cibations
cibol
cibols
cibophobia
ciboria
ciborium
Cibotium
Cibotium barometz

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