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Hordeolum Moderate

Hordeolum has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

2

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.

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