orizó

Galician

Alternative forms

• arizol, orzón, urizó, urizol, urzón

Etymology

From Latin hordeolus (“stye”, literally “little barley”). Cognate with Spanish orzuelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾiˈθɔ/, (western) /oɾiˈsɔ/

Noun

orizó m (plural orizós)

1. (pathology) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

   Synonyms: tirizó, toromelo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orçon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orizó”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orizó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orizó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN