Main Entry: gland of Moll

Pronunciation: \-ˈmōl, -ˈmȯl, -ˈmäl\

Function: noun

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

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