Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated beneath the conjunctiva.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.
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- adjective Below the
conjunctiva .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her pale blue eyes were wide open and upon closer inspection revealed subconjunctival hemorrhaging, which occurs when tiny blood vessels break just underneath the clear surface of the eye—a common feature of death by strangulation.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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Her pale blue eyes were wide open and upon closer inspection revealed subconjunctival hemorrhaging, which occurs when tiny blood vessels break just underneath the clear surface of the eye—a common feature of death by strangulation.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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Her pale blue eyes were wide open and upon closer inspection revealed subconjunctival hemorrhaging, which occurs when tiny blood vessels break just underneath the clear surface of the eye—a common feature of death by strangulation.
Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007
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There were marked right proptosis, less left proptosis, and slight patchy subconjunctival hæmorrhage of both eyes.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Intra-orbital bleeding, subconjunctival hæmorrhage with proptosis and ecchymosis of the lids were usually well marked.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Darier has reported that a single subconjunctival injection of a milligram of iodate of sodium has cleared the cornea and lessened the intra-ocular pain in glaucoma.
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This hypothesis also might suggest why the subconjunctival injection of sodium citrate in addition to alkalinizing the ocular contents, may be effective in reducing tension, _i.e. _, the amount of fluid injected beneath conjunctiva may overcome the stagnation in the lymph passages, flush out these channels and improve ocular elimination.
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The proptosis and subconjunctival hæmorrhage cleared up.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Very interesting are the observations on the subconjunctival injections of various substances, notably the citrate of sodium, because of its power of decreasing the affinity of ocular colloids for water.
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Collapse of globe, proptosis, subconjunctival hæmorrhage, oedema and ecchymosis of lids.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
chained_bear commented on the word subconjunctival
Usage on hemoptysis.
February 16, 2009