Friday, October 20, 2006

Eye sty

For the benefit of my readers, bakzam is also called as eye stye

Adopted from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sty

sty2  /staɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stahy] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural sties. Ophthalmology

a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.

Also, stye.

[Origin: 1610–20; by false division of ME styanye sty (styan (OE stīgend sty, lit., rising) + ye eye), taken to be sty on eye]

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