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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:Meibomian gland inflammation
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Accession:MP:0013392 term browser browse the term
Definition:local accumulation of fluid, plasma proteins, and leukocytes in the meibum-secreting modified lobulated sebaceous glands located at the rim of the eyelids inside the tarsal plate; chronic Meibomian gland inflammation can lead to a lump in the eyelid known as a Meibomian gland cyst (aka chalazion)
Synonyms:exact_synonym: meibomianitis;   meibomitis;   posterior blepharitis



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  mammalian phenotype 5417
    vision/eye phenotype 100
      abnormal eye physiology 35
        eye inflammation 12
          blepharitis 0
            Meibomian gland inflammation 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5417
    immune system phenotype 498
      abnormal immune system physiology 384
        abnormal inflammatory response 229
          increased inflammatory response 221
            eye inflammation 12
              blepharitis 0
                Meibomian gland inflammation 0
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