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conjunctiva
| conjunctival
| conjunctival layer of bulb
| conjunctival layer of eyelids
| conjunctival veins
| conjunctive
conjunctiva
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun conjunctiva has 1 sense
- conjunctiva(n = noun.body) Array - a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid; Array is a part of eye, oculus, optic, eyelid, lid, palpebra
has particulars: bulbar conjunctiva, conjunctival layer of bulb, tunica conjunctiva bulbi, conjunctival layer of eyelids, palpebra conjunctiva, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum, pinguecula, pterygium
is a kind of mucosa, mucous membrane
Derived form adjective conjunctival1
CIDE DICTIONARY
conjunctiva, n. [NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.].
The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conjunctiva, n. (pl. conjunctivas) Anat. the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids.
Derivative
conjunctival adj.
Etymology
med.L (membrana) conjunctiva (as conjunctive)
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