Synonyms

hordeolum

American

[hawr-dee-uh-luhm] / hɔrˈdi ə ləm /

noun

Pathology.

sty.

hordeolum British

/ ˌhɔːdɪˈəʊləm /

noun

a medical name for a stye of the eye

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Noun Inflected Forms

hordeola

plural

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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