hordeolum

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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.

Từ đồng nghĩa

eye infection

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.

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