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Bacterial infection seemingly troubling your eye, firstly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stye

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'bacterial infection' is the definition.
'stye' can be an answer for 'infection' (stye is a kind of infection). I am not certain of the 'bacterial' bit.

'seemingly troubling your eye firstly' is the wordplay.
'firstly' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'seemingly troubling your eye' is 'STYE'.

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(Other definitions for stye that I've seen before include "Seeing problem" , "irritation to the viewer" , "Eyelid sore" , "Eyelid infection" , "Infected swelling of the eye" .)

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