hordeolum
American
[hawr-dee-uh-luhm]
/ hɔrˈdi ə ləm /
noun
Pathology.
plural
hordeola
hordeolum
British
/ ˌhɔːdɪˈəʊləm /
noun
Etymology
Origin of hordeolum
1800–10; < New Latin, alteration of Late Latin hordeolus, equivalent to Latin horde ( um ) barley + -olus, -olum -ole 1
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