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An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
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hordeolum
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty , stye , eye infection ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hordeolum \Hor*de"o*lum\, n. [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley.] (Med.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.