hordeolum

2 definitions found

hordeolum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hordeolum \Hor*de"o*lum\, n. [NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of
     hordeum barley.] (Med.)
     A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley;
     a sty.
     [1913 Webster]

hordeolum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hordeolum
      n 1: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn:
           sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection]