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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread chalazion #89146 12/09/2002 2:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 chalazion - chronic sty of eye. This word sty is not related to pig parlour. sty(2) or stye n., pl. sties 5< obs. dial. styany (taken as sty on eye) < dial. styan, rising < OE stigend, prp. of stigan , to climb, rise: see STILE16 a small, inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland on the rim of an eyelid Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chalazion #89147 12/11/2002 6:41 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i rarely get styes, but every 10 or so years, i am afflicted. How annoying it was to find out the OTC mercuric oxide cream that i had used for since childhood to treat styes is now no longer available, -- having been deemed "unsafe' because of its mercury content! the small tubes has a use date that used to be good for 3 to 5 years, but were always expired by the time i got my next sty. each tube contained less than an ounce of cream, and less then 10% of a tube was more than enough to treat a sty. i get more mercury from my infrequent intake of tuna! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chalazion #89148 12/11/2002 7:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear of troy: I share your annoyance that perfectly good medications get removed from the drug stores for quite insufficient reasons, often without a satisfactory replacement. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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