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HORDEOLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hordeolum mean? 

HORDEOLUM (noun)
  The noun HORDEOLUM has 1 sense:

1. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelidplay

  Familiarity information: HORDEOLUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HORDEOLUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eye infection; hordeolum; sty; stye

Hypernyms ("hordeolum" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)


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