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Hordeolum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
  2. 2
    an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.

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