Associations to the word «Hordeolum»

Wiktionary

HORDEOLUM, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

HORDEOLUM, noun. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.

Wise words

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