hordeola

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A form of hordeolum — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hordeolum
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