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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Eye Infections, Bacterial > Hordeolum
Infections > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Bacterial > Hordeolum
Eye Diseases > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Bacterial > Hordeolum
Eye Diseases > Eyelid Diseases > Hordeolum

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Hordeolum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hordeola
  • Hordeolas
  • Stye
  • Styes

Scope note

  • Purulent infection of one of the sebaceous glands of Zeis along the eyelid margin (external) or of the meibomian gland on the conjunctival side of the eyelid (internal).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006726

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