hordeolum

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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
infection — see stye

References

The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993

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