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–noun, plural sties. Ophthalmology.

a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.

Also, stye.

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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sty² 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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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

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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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