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Definition of Hordeola
1. hordeolum [n] - See also: hordeolum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hordeola
Literary usage of Hordeola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bacteriology of the Eye by Theodor Axenfeld (1908)
"hordeola may be merely incidents in a chronic blepharitis. ... Recurrent hordeola,
such as follow measles, may be the starting - points of a chronic ..."
2. American Journal of Conchology by George Washington Tryon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Conchological Section (1871)
"M. hordeola, Desh., Coq. Foss. de Paris, ii, 708, pi. 95, f. 26 —29, 1824. ...
M. hordeola, Desh. ed. Lam. sans Vert. x, 455, 1844. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Tired in evening as from much reading by candle-light.—Lachrymation : towards
evening ; on looking long at one object.—Pimples : like hordeola on upper lid ..."
4. Modern Ophthalmology; a Practical Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and by James Moores Ball (1904)
"If the horny epithelial layer be carefully split open, the deposit of pus in the
form of a small sphere can be squeezed out and no more hordeola will occur. ..."
5. Medical Ophthalmology by Arnold Herman Knapp (1918)
"This applies to the severe forms of conjunctivitis, keratitis and metastatic
diseases of the eye. Blepharitis, eczema of the lids and hordeola are frequent ..."
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