Stye (Noun)
Meaning
An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed antibiotic ointment to treat the stye that had developed on her lower eyelid.
- After a few days of warm compresses, the stye on his upper eyelid finally started to drain and heal.
- She woke up with a painful stye on her eyelid and couldn't open her eye all the way.
- The stye on her eyelid was so swollen that it was hard to see out of that eye.
- He had to take a few days off work to recover from the stye that had become infected and was causing him a lot of discomfort.