conjunctiva

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.və/, /kənˈdʒʌŋ(k).tɪv.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.və/, /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.və/
Rhymes: -aɪvə, -ʌŋktɪvə

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.
Hyponym: bulbar conjunctiva

Derived terms

conjunctival
conjunctivo-, conjunctiv-
subconjunctiva

Related terms

conjunctivally
conjunctive

Translations

mucous membrane

Catalan: conjuntiva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結膜／结膜 (zh) (jiémó)
Czech: spojivka f
Faroese: eygnareyði m
Finnish: sidekalvo
French: conjonctive (fr) f
Galician: conxuntiva (gl) f
German: Bindehaut (de) f
Greek: επιπεφυκώς (el) m (epipefykós)
Hungarian: kötőhártya (hu)
Indonesian: konjungtiva (id)
Interlingua: conjunctiva
Japanese: 結膜 (ja) (ketsumaku)
Malay: konjunktiva
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)
Spanish: conjuntiva (es) f
Swedish: bindhinna c
Thai: เยื่อตา (yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa)

References

“conjunctiva”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“conjunctiva”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Latin

Pronunciation

conjūnctīva: (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯a/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯ä]

conjūnctīva: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.junkˈti.va/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvä]
conjūnctīvā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯aː/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯äː]

conjūnctīvā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.junkˈti.va/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvä]

Adjective

conjūnctīva

inflection of conjūnctīvus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

conjūnctīvā

ablative feminine singular of conjūnctīvus