hordeolum
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.
Noun edit
hordeolum (plural hordeola)
- 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 edit
infection — see stye
References edit
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
hordeolum n (definite singular hordeolumet, uncountable)