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sty in medicine, acute localized infection of one or more of the glands of the eyelid, with pain, swelling, and redness of the lid margin, usually caused by a staphylococcus infection. An external sty usually releases its pus and disappears in a day or so. Hot or cold compresses and antibiotic ointments are used to treat sties. Recurring sties are usually due to uncorrected refractive errors, poor general health, or infection elsewhere in the body. If a sty does not disappear in a few days, a physician should be consulted.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

sty¹ / stī/ • n. a pigpen. • v. (sties, stied) [tr.] archaic keep (a pig) in a sty: the most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in. sty² (also stye) • n. (pl. sties / stīz/ or styes) an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

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