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stye |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stye \Stye\, n. See {Sty}, a boil. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye understood as sty on eye, AS st[=i]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[=i]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also {stye}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stye n : an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: {sty}, {hordeolum}, {eye infection}]
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