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conjunctivitis

/kənˌd͡ʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/

conjunctivitis noun: an inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.

conjunctivitis: an inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection
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Noun

conjunctivitis (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctivitides or conjunctivitises or conjunctivites)

  1. An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.
    Synonyms:
    pinkeye, sore eyes, Madras eye

conjunctivitis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

conjunctivitis in Hindi

inflammation
नेत्रशोथ netraśoth

conjunctivitis in Tamil

இமைப்படல அழற்சி, கண் சவ்வழல், கண் வௌப்படல அழற்சி, விழி வெண்படல அழற்சி

conjunctivitis in Bengali

inflammation
চোখ উঠা cōkh uṭha

conjunctivitis in Telugu

inflammation
కండ్లకలక kaṇḍlakalaka
More languagesFewer languages
conjunctivitis in Malayalam
ചെങ്കണ്ണ് ceṅkaṇṇŭ
conjunctivitis in Kannada
ಸೋಂಕಿನಿಂದಾಗಿ ಕಣ್ಣು ಕೆಂಪಾಗುವದು, ಮದ್ರಾಸ್ ಕಣ್ಣು
conjunctivitis in Odia
ନେତ୍ରାବରଣ ପ୍ରଦାହ netrābaraṇa pradāha
conjunctivitis in Sinhala
අක්ෂිපටල ප්රදාහය akṣipaṭala pradāhaya
conjunctivitis in Tagalog
bisil
conjunctivitis in Malay
radang selaput mata
conjunctivitis in Thai
เยื่อตาอักเสบ yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa-àk-sèep, ตาแดง
conjunctivitis in Vietnamese
viêm màng kết
conjunctivitis in Myanmar
မျက်စိနာခြင် myakci.nahkrang
Dhivehi
ލޮލު ރޯގާ lolu rōgā

Synonyms of conjunctivitis

Forms of conjunctivitis

pluralconjunctivitides
pluralconjunctivitises
pluralconjunctivites

Origin of conjunctivitis

From conjunctiva + -itis.

Words formed from conjunctivitis

Questions about conjunctivitis

What does conjunctivitis mean?
Conjunctivitis means an inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.
What is conjunctivitis in Hindi?
Conjunctivitis in Hindi is नेत्रशोथ (netraśoth). See Conjunctivitis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is conjunctivitis?
Conjunctivitis is a noun.
How do you pronounce conjunctivitis?
Conjunctivitis is pronounced /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/.
What is the plural of conjunctivitis?
The plural of conjunctivitis is conjunctivitides.

Words near conjunctivitis in the dictionary

  1. conjunctivists
  2. conjunctivital
  3. conjunctivites
  4. conjunctivitides
  5. conjunctivities
  6. conjunctivitis
  7. conjunctivitises
  8. conjunctivity
  9. conjunctivization
  10. conjunctivochalasis
  11. conjunctivocorneal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: conjunctivitis (page history and authors); conjunctivitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conjunctivitis (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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