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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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