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sty

2  [stahy]
–noun, plural sties. Ophthalmology.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
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Origin:
1610–20; by false division of ME styanye sty (styan (OE stīgend sty, lit., rising) + ye eye ), taken to be sty on eye
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sty 2 also stye   (stī)   
n.   pl. sties also styes (stīz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stīgend, from present participle of stīgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]
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sty  (2)
"inflamed swelling in the eyelid," 1617, probably a back-formation from M.E. styany (as though sty on eye), c.1440, from O.E. stigend "sty," lit. "riser," from prp. of stigan "go up, rise," from P.Gmc. *stig- (see stair).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sty
Variant: or stye /'stI/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sties or styes
: aninflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid called also hordeolum
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sty or stye (stī)
n. pl. sties or styes (stīz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid. Also called hordeolum.

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