hordeolum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size. === Pronunciation === === Noun === 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 ==== === References === The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1993 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === hordeolum n (definite singular hordeolumet, uncountable) (pathology) stye Synonyms: byggkorn, sti === References === “hordeolum” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “hordeolum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === hordeolum n (definite singular hordeolumet, uncountable) (pathology) stye Synonyms: byggkorn, sti