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hordeola

hordeola is the plural of hordeolum.

Meaning of hordeolum

Noun

hordeolum (plural hordeola)

  1. stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.

Questions about hordeola

What is hordeola the plural of?
Hordeola is the plural of hordeolum.

Words near hordeola in the dictionary

  1. hordeivirus
  2. hordeiviruses
  3. hordelike
  4. Horden
  5. hordenine
  6. hordeola
  7. hordeolum
  8. Horder
  9. Hordern Vale
  10. Horders
  11. hordes

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