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hordeolum Path.|hɔːˈdiːələm|
Pl. hordeola.
[Altered form of late L. hordeolus a sty, dim. of L. hordeum barley.]
A sty on the eyelid.
[1622R. Banister Treat. Dis. Eyes (ed. 2) iv. xiii. E 6 b (heading) Of the wart, or barly corne on the Eye⁓lidde, commonly called..a Stian,..in Latin, hordeum, or hordeolum.] 1806J. Briggs tr. Scarpa's Dis. Eye ii. 75 The appearance of a white spot upon..the hordeolum should not induce the surgeon to be hasty in opening it. 1833W. Lawrence Dis. Eye xix. 341 Some hordeola form more quickly, with greater suppuration and no slough. 1908Practitioner Feb. 288 Epiphora may be due to..a hordeolum. 1966S. Lerman Basic Ophthalm. viii. 459 A hordeolum (stye) is caused by a purulent inflammation in the glands of Zeis at the base of the eyelashes. |