terçol

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === terçolho, treçolho === Etymology === Uncertain. Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *tertiolus, from Latin tertius. It may have been confused with a different word, hordeolus, which was the source of its Romance language equivalents, such as Spanish orzuelo, Italian orzaiolo, Catalan urçol, Romanian urcior. Compare also Galician tirizó. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ter‧çol === Noun === terçol m (plural terçóis) (colloquial) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid) Synonyms: calázio, hordéolo, (colloquial) viúvo === References === === Further reading === “terçol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “terçol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026