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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hordeolum
    n 1: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn:
         sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection]