stye
IPA: stˈaɪ
noun
- (pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
- Archaic form of sty (“shelter for pigs”). [A pen or enclosure for swine.]
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Examples of "stye" in Sentences
- Surgery is the last resort in stye treatment.
- Stye prevention is closely related to proper hygiene.
- The condition can sometimes lead to a chalazion or a stye.
- A chalazion or meibomian cyst can sometimes be mistaken for a stye.
- It's just a stye and it should clear itself fully in a matter of days.
- The article is riddled with this stye and in my opinion needs rewriting.
- In the article it is said that a stye lasts from up to 3 weeks to 2 years.
- The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter.
- A system like this would make both lists AND current stye categories obsolete.
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