alsostye(stī) n.pl.stiesalsostyes(stīz) Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid. [Alteration of Middle Englishstyanye:styan,sty(from Old Englishstīgend, from present participle ofstīgan,to rise; seesteigh-inIndo-European roots) +eye, ye,eye; seeeye.] ...