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May 27, 2012
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sty



Pronunciation: (stī), [key]
—n., pl. sties,
—v., stied, sty•ing.

—n.
1. a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
2. any filthy place or abode.
3. a place of bestial debauchery.

—v.t.
to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.

—v.i.
to live in or as if in a sty.

sty



Pronunciation: (stī), [key]
—n.,
—pl. sties. Ophthalm.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum. Also,stye.

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