- sty, stye
- SYN: hordeolum externum.- meibomian s. SYN: hordeolum internum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sty, stye
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Stye — Classification and external resources A stye on an eyelid ICD 10 H00.0 … Wikipedia
stye — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sty — Ⅰ. sty [1] ► NOUN (pl. sties) ▪ a pigsty. ORIGIN from an Old English word found in the combination «sty pig». Ⅱ. sty [2] (also stye) ► NOUN (pl … English terms dictionary
sty — sty1 [stī] n. pl. sties [ME stie < OE sti, stig, hall, enclosure, prob. < IE base * stāi , to stop up, thicken > STONE] 1. a pen for pigs 2. any foul or filthy place vt., vi. stied, stying to lodge in or as in a sty sty2 … English World dictionary
Stye — Stye, n. See {Sty}, a boil. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sty — [ staı ] noun count 1. ) a small building where pigs are kept on a farm a ) AMERICAN INFORMAL a very messy or dirty room 2. ) sty or stye an infection of the EYELID that makes it red and painful … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sty — The word meaning ‘a pen for pigs’ has the plural form sties. The word for ‘an inflamed swelling on the eyelid’ should be spelt sty, not stye, and also has the plural form sties … Modern English usage
sty — [staı] n plural sties [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English stig] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English stigend, from stigan to rise ] 1.) a place where pigs are kept = ↑pigsty 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
sty — stye … American English homophones
