1) Affliction near the eye 2) Affliction of the eyelid 3) Apt rhyme for eye 4) Bad eye sight 5) Bit of a nasty eye 6) Bump near the lashes 7) Bump on a lid 8) Bump on an eyelid 9) Case for an ophthalmologist 10) Cause of eyelid redness 11) Certain infection 12) Chalazion 13) Cilium problem 14) Concern of an eye doctor 1) Hordeolum 2) Sty 
An external stye or styes aɪ, also hordeolum m, is an infection of the sebaceous glands of Zeis at the base of the eyelashes, or an infection of the apocrine sweat glands of Moll. External styes form on the outside of the lids and can be seen as small red bumps. Internal styes are infections of the meibomian sebaceous glands lining the inside of ...
• (n.) See Sty, a boil.
<ophthalmology> An abscess in the follicle of an eyelash. ... (27 Sep 1997) ... 
Stye noun See Sty , a boil. 
Stye: A stye is a red tender bump on the eyelid that is caused by an acute infection of the oil glands of the eyelid. A stye can also be a complication of blepharitis. Other spellings, sty
a pus-filled abscess in the follicle of an eyelash; caused by a bacterial infection