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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 the conjunctiva often due to infection.

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

  • 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.

    …conjunctivitis « Sven’s guide to… 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Very cool – and Flash 2006

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2002 2002

  • It's conjunctivitis, which is a fairly normal condition.

    Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers ITY National Archives 1994

  • Both Khadr's eyes are afflicted with conjunctivitis, which is commonly known as pink eye,

    Dose.ca Music briefs 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • This health ailment, known as conjunctivitis, may mean your pet has a virus, a bacterial disease, parasites, or allergies.

    Shaister Miester Do Da 2008

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