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conjunctiva

/ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.və/US/ˌkɑnˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.və/

conjunctiva noun: a clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.

Noun

conjunctiva (plural conjunctivas or conjunctivae)

  1. A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
    • There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker...1884, Elliott Coues, “§ 4.—An Introduction to the Anatomy of Birds.”, in Key to North American Birds. […], 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Estes and Lauriat, →OCLC, part II (General Ornithology), page 180

conjunctiva meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Indonesian

conjunctiva in Tamil

முன் கண்திரை, இணையம், இமைப்படலம், விழிச்சவ்வு, கண் சவ்வு, கண் வெளிப்படலம்

conjunctiva in Kannada

ಕಂಜಂಕ್ಟೈವ, ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಆರ್ದ್ರಚರ್ಮ

conjunctiva in Malay

mucous membrane
konjunktiva

conjunctiva in Indonesian

mucous membrane
konjungtiva
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conjunctiva in Thai
เยื่อตา yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa
conjunctiva in Vietnamese
màng kết, kết mạc

Forms of conjunctiva

pluralconjunctivas
pluralconjunctivae

Origin of conjunctiva

From 1540s late Middle English, borrowing from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (“conjunctive membrane”).

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Questions about conjunctiva

What does conjunctiva mean?
Conjunctiva means a clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
What is conjunctiva in Tamil?
Conjunctiva in Tamil is முன் கண்திரை, இணையம், இமைப்படலம். See Conjunctiva meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is conjunctiva?
Conjunctiva is a noun.
How do you pronounce conjunctiva?
Conjunctiva is pronounced /ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.və/ (UK).
What is the plural of conjunctiva?
The plural of conjunctiva is conjunctivas.

Words near conjunctiva in the dictionary

  1. conjunctional phrase
  2. conjunctional phrases
  3. conjunctionally
  4. conjunctionless
  5. conjunctions
  6. conjunctiva
  7. conjunctivae
  8. conjunctival
  9. conjunctivalisation
  10. conjunctivalization
  11. conjunctivalized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conjunctiva (page history and authors); conjunctiva (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conjunctiva (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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