- Ciaccio glands
- Ciac·cio glands (chahґcho) [Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio, Italian anatomist, 1824–1901] glandulae lacrimales accessoriae.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Ciaccio glands
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glándulas de Wolfring — Eng. Glands of Wolfring Glándulas lacrimales accesorias situadas en el borde tarsal superior del párpado superior. Glándulas de Ciaccio … Diccionario de oftalmología
