meibum

UBERON:0019315 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT SEEDED

An oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear film. — UBERON

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Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Integumentary system > Meibomian glands > Meibum	—

Broader habitats

meibomian gland BTO:0004165
sebum UBERON:0001866

Also called

tarsal gland secretion — UBERON

Provenance

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