hordeolum
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.
Noun
hordeolum (plural hordeola)
- 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
infection — see stye
References
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993
Noun
hordeolum n (definite singular hordeolumet, uncountable)
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