Definition of "stye" [stye]

• A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid. (noun)

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• "= -- A stye is a boil on the eyelid; it begins at the root of a hair as a hard swelling which may extend to the whole lid."
• "Eyelid infection, caused by a stye was the official diagnosis, and I was given some erthomycin and told to get the stye lanced if it did not get better in a few days."
• "Stye-The scientific name for a stye is a hordeolum."