Inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid (4)

I believe the answer is:

stye

(Other definitions for stye that I've seen before include "irritation to the viewer" , "pain for the observer" , "nasty spot" , "Eye complaint" , "Red eye" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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