conjunctiva

English

Etymology

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

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

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)
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

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