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CONJUNCTIVA
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Irregular inflected form: conjunctivae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conjunctiva" is a kind of...):
mucosa; mucous membrane (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunctiva"):
bulbar conjunctiva; conjunctival layer of bulb; tunica conjunctiva bulbi (the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea)
conjunctival layer of eyelids; palpebra conjunctiva; tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum (the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva)
pinguecula (a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it)
pterygium (either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; it arises from irritation of the pinguecula)
Holonyms ("conjunctiva" is a part of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
eyelid; lid; palpebra (either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye)
Derivation:
conjunctival (of or relating to the conjunctiva)
Context examples:
A rare human pathogen, it can be isolated from human blood, stool, urine, wounds, conjunctiva, respiratory tract, and peritoneal dialysate of immunocompromised patients.
(Ewingella americana, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by dryness of the cornea and conjunctiva.
(Dry Eye Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Upon ocular administration, emedastine causes a dose-dependent inhibition of histamine-stimulated vascular permeability in the conjunctiva.
(Emedastine, NCI Thesaurus)
Administration of a drug to the conjunctiva, the most frequently used mode of ocular drug delivery.
(Conjunctival Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by inflammation, swelling and redness to the conjunctiva of the eye.
(Conjunctivitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Carcinoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Carcinoma of the Conjunctiva Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant melanoma within the conjunctiva of the eye.
(Conjunctival Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Abnormal growth of the cells of the conjunctiva without malignant characteristics.
(Benign Conjunctival Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the conjunctiva caused by a variety of bacterial agents.
(Bacterial Conjunctivitis, NCI Thesaurus)
