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Webster 1913 Edition

Conjunctiva

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Conˊjunc-ti′va

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Noun.

[NL., from L.

conjunctivus

connective.]

(Anat.)

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.

Definition 2024

conjunctiva

conjunctiva

English

Noun

conjunctiva ‎(plural conjunctivas or conjunctivae)

(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.

Derived terms

annulus conjunctivae, anulus conjunctivae
bulbar conjunctiva
conjunctival
conjunctiviplasty
conjunctivitis
conjunctivochalasis
conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy
conjunctivodacryocystostomy
conjunctivoma
conjunctivoplasty
conjunctivorhinostomy

decussation of brachia conjunctiva
Dirofilaria conjunctivae
fluid-filled conjunctiva
fornix conjunctiva
lithiasis conjunctivae
Mycoplasma conjunctivae
ocular conjuctiva
palpebra conjunctiva, palpebral conjunctiva
plica semilunaris of conjunctiva
plica semilunaris conjunctivae

saccus conjunctivae
siderosis conjunctivae
tyloma conjunctivae
tarsal conjunctiva
tela conjunctiva
tunica conjunctiva
tunica conjunctiva bulbaris, tunica conjunctiva bulbi
tunica conjunctiva palpebralis, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum
xerosis conjunctivae

Translations

membrane

Catalan: conjuntiva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結膜 (zh), 结膜 (zh) ‎(jiémó)
Czech: spojivka f
Finnish: sidekalvo
French: conjonctive (fr) f
German: Bindehaut (de) f
Greek: επιπεφυκώς (el) m ‎(epipefykós)
Hungarian: kötőhártya (hu)

Japanese: 結膜 (ja) ‎(ketsumaku)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: konjunktiva (no) m

Nynorsk: konjunktiva m
Polish: spojówka (pl) f
Portuguese: conjuntiva f
Russian: конъюнкти́ва (ru) f ‎(konʺjunktíva), сли́зистая оболо́чка гла́за f ‎(slízistaja obolóčka gláza)
Swedish: bindhinna c

Latin

Adjective

conjunctīva

nominative feminine singular of conjunctīvus
nominative neuter plural of conjunctīvus
accusative neuter plural of conjunctīvus
vocative feminine singular of conjunctīvus
vocative neuter plural of conjunctīvus

conjunctīvā

ablative feminine singular of conjunctīvus