hordeolum
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.
Noun
edithordeolum (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
editinfection — see stye
References
editThe New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
edithordeolum n (definite singular hordeolumet, uncountable)