- zeisian
- Relating to or described by Eduard Zeis.
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zei·si·an (ziґse-ən) named for Eduard Zeis, as zeisian stye.
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zeisian stye — a stye involving a gland of Zeis, occurring on the surface of the skin at the edge of the lid … Medical dictionary
Eduard Zeis — (October 1, 1807 June 28, 1868) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist who was a native of Dresden.He studied medicine at the Universities of Leipzig, Bonn and Munich, and received his doctorate at Leipzig in 1832. Afterwards he opened a… … Wikipedia
hordeolum — A suppurative inflammation of a gland of the eyelid. [Mod. L., hordeolus, a sty in the eye, dim. of hordeum, barley] h. externum inflammation of the sebaceous gland of an eyelash. SYN: sty, stye. h. internum an acute purulent … Medical dictionary
sty, stye — SYN: hordeolum externum. meibomian s. SYN: hordeolum internum. zeisian s. inflammation of one of Zeis glands … Medical dictionary
Zeis — Eduard, Dresden ophthalmologist, 1807–1868. See Z. glands, under gland, zeisian sty … Medical dictionary
