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sty 1
(stī)n. pl. sties (stīz)
A pigsty.
[Middle English, from Old English stig.]
sty 2
also stye (stī)n. pl. sties also styes (stīz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.
[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stīgend, from present participle of stīgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]
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sty
(staɪ)n, pl sties
1. (Agriculture) a pen in which pigs are housed and fed
2. any filthy or corrupt place
vb, sties, stying or stied
(Agriculture) to enclose or be enclosed in a sty
[Old English stig; related to Old Norse stīa pen, fold, Old High German stīga, Middle Dutch stije]
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sty1
(staɪ)n., pl. sties, n.
1. an enclosure for swine; pigpen.
2. a filthy place or abode.
v.t. 3. to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
v.i. 4. to live in or as if in a sty.
[before 1000; Old English stī in stī-fearh sty-pig, probably identical with stig- in stigweard steward]
sty2
or stye
(staɪ)n., pl. sties or styes.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
[1610–20; by false division of Middle English styanye sty (styan (Old English stīgend sty, literally, rising) + ye eye), taken to be sty on eye]
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sty
Past participle: stied
Gerund: stying
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| Noun | 1. |  sty - an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelidinfection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| 2. |  sty - a pen for swine pen - an enclosure for confining livestock |
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Translations
زَريبَة خنازير
ječné zrnoprasečí chlívek
bygkorngrisesti
stíavogrís
cūkkūtsmiežagrauds
stegestiga
arpacıkdomuz ahırı
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sty1
(stai) noun a pigsty.
sty2,
stye
(stai) – plurals sties ~styes – noun a small inflamed swelling on the eyelid.
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sty
, styen. orzuelo, condición inflamatoria de las glándulas sebáceas del párpado.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sty, stye
n (pl styes) orzuelo, perrilla (Mex, fam)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.