conjunctiva

English

Etymology

From Late Latin; short for membrana conjunctiva. From 1540s.

Noun

conjunctiva (plural conjunctivas or conjunctivae)

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from conjunctiva

• 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 conjunctivae

• plica semilunaris of conjunctiva
• saccus conjunctivae
• siderosis conjunctivae
• tarsal conjunctiva
• tela conjunctiva
• tunica conjunctiva
• tunica conjunctiva bulbaris, tunica conjunctiva bulbi
• tunica conjunctiva palpebralis, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum
• tyloma conjunctivae
• xerosis conjunctivae

Translations

membrane

• Catalan: conjuntiva f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結膜 (zh), 结膜 (zh) (jiémó)

• Czech: spojivka f
• Faroese: eygnareyði m
• Finnish: sidekalvo
• French: conjonctive (fr) f
• German: Bindehaut (de) f
• Greek: επιπεφυκώς (el) m (epipefykós)
• Hungarian: kötőhártya (hu)

• Interlingua: conjunctiva
• 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

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Latin

Adjective

conjunctīva

1. nominative feminine singular of conjunctīvus
2. nominative neuter plural of conjunctīvus
3. accusative neuter plural of conjunctīvus
4. vocative feminine singular of conjunctīvus
5. vocative neuter plural of conjunctīvus

conjunctīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of conjunctīvus