What is "hordeolum"

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.

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.

n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty, stye, eye infection]