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HORDEOLUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
Synonyms:
eye infection; hordeolum; sty; stye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hordeolum" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
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