1. A small tumour on the eyelid, so called as being like a barleycorn.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• gordeolum,
• bordeolum,
• nordeolum,
• jordeolum,
• uordeolum,
• yordeolum,
• hirdeolum,
• hkrdeolum,
• hlrdeolum,
• hprdeolum,
• h0rdeolum,
• h9rdeolum,
• hoedeolum,
• hoddeolum,
• hofdeolum,
• hotdeolum,
• ho5deolum,
• hordeolium,
• hordelum,
• horedolum

The adjective form of "hordeolum" is "hordeolar".