hordeolum

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Noun [edit]

hordeolum (plural hordeola)

  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.

Translations [edit]

infection — see stye

References [edit]

The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993

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