Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the conjunctiva, characterized by redness and often accompanied by a discharge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the conjunctiva. It is one of the commonest affections of the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology an
inflammation of theconjunctiva often due toinfection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
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Examples
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Not that we knew it at the time, because conjunctivitis is a crafty little bugger, but it was hitching a lift to Hampshire on my peepers.
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For those interested, the runny eyes are not getting any worse, so we're on top of things, and I think we've avoided actual conjunctivitis, which is a blessing.
Emer kisses ailbhe 2008
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Caleb has conjunctivitis aka pink eye, Daniel spent 2 nights in hospital after an unexplained serious temperature, and Clair is down and feeling terrible with a nasty case of the Flu.
Never have kids, and the Da Vinci Code movie « Ewan's Corner 2006
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Caleb has conjunctivitis aka pink eye, Daniel spent 2 nights in hospital after an unexplained serious temperature, and Clair is down and feeling terrible with a nasty case of the Flu.
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You can see there are corneal ulcers, possible blindness from infection, conjunctivitis, which is just an infection of the eyelid and surrounding eye, corneal swelling, which is just a very unpretty site, corneal abrasion and scarring, reduction in visual function.
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It's conjunctivitis, which is a fairly normal condition.
Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers ITY National Archives 1994
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Both Khadr's eyes are afflicted with conjunctivitis, which is commonly known as pink eye,
Dose.ca Music briefs 2010
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Pinkeye -- also called conjunctivitis -- is redness and inflammation of the clear membranes covering the whites of the eyes and the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids.
WebMD Health 2009
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Pinkeye -- also called conjunctivitis -- is redness and inflammation of the clear membranes covering the whites of the eyes and the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids.
WebMD Health 2009
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This health ailment, known as conjunctivitis, may mean your pet has a virus, a bacterial disease, parasites, or allergies.
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