stye

sty ¹  (st)

n. pl. sties (stz)

1. An enclosure for swine.

2. A filthy place.

tr. & intr.v. stied (std), sty·ing, sties (stz)

To shut up in or live in a sty.

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[Middle English, from Old English stig.]

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sty ² also stye  (st)

n. pl. sties also styes (stz)

Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

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[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stgend, from present participle of stgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]

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stye, sty [staɪ]

n pl styes, sties

(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteria

[C15 styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye), from Old English stīgend rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye]

Thesaurus

Noun

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stye - an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid eye infection, hordeolum, sty infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Translations

stye [ˈstaɪ] n (MEDICINE) → orgelet m