hordeolumn.
/hɔːˈdiːələm/ Pathology.
A stye on the eyelid.
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?1587 A. Hunton tr. J. Guillemeau Worthy Treat. Eyes (new ed.) iv. xiv. 101 (heading) Of the wart or barly corne on the ey-lidde, commonly called..a Stian,..in Latin hordeum, or hordeolum.]
1806 J. Briggs tr. A. Scarpa Dis. Eye ii. 75 The appearance of a white spot upon..the hordeolum should not induce the surgeon to be hasty in opening it.
1833 W. Lawrence Treat. Dis. Eye xix. 341 Some hordeola form more quickly, with greater suppuration and no slough.
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 789/2 The characteristic picture presented by a hordoleum (stye) is a circumscribed tumefaction.
1908 Practitioner Feb. 288 Epiphora may be due to..a hordeolum.
1966 S. Lerman Basic Ophthalmol. viii. 459 A hordeolum (stye) is caused by a purulent inflammation in the glands of Zeis at the base of the eyelashes.
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