Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hordeolum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hordeolum
n : an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: {sty},
{stye}, {eye infection}]
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