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STYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stye mean?
• STYE (noun)
The noun STYE has 1 sense:
1. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
Familiarity information: STYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("stye" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
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