hordeolum [hawr-dee-uh-luh m] WORD ORIGIN noun, plural hor·de·o·la [hawr-dee-uh-luh] /hɔrˈdi ə lə/. Pathology. sty2. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of hordeolum 1800–10; New Latin, alteration of Late Latin hordeolus, equivalent to Latin horde(um) barley + -olus, -olum -ole1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for hordeola pigpen, dump, shack, pen, den, hovel, hordeolum British Dictionary definitions for hordeola hordeolum noun a medical name for a stye of the eye Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 hordeola in Medicine hordeolum [hôr-dē′ə-ləm] n. pl. hor•de•o•la (-lə) sty The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.