conjunctiva
English edit
Etymology edit
From 1540s late Middle English, borrowing from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (“conjunctive membrane”).
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
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
- 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:
- 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 sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
mucous membrane
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References edit
- “conjunctiva”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “conjunctiva”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- conjūnctīva: (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯a/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯ä]
- conjūnctīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.junkˈti.va/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvä]
- conjūnctīvā: (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.i̯uːnkˈtiː.u̯aː/, [kɔni̯uːŋkˈt̪iːu̯äː]
- conjūnctīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.junkˈti.va/, [konjuŋkˈt̪iːvä]
Adjective edit
conjūnctīva
- inflection of conjūnctīvus:
conjūnctīvā