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Definition: Conjunctivitis |
ConjunctivitisNoun1. Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Botanical | Inflammation of the trans parent membrane which covers the eyeball. Treated with Acacia. (references) |
Health | Inflammation of the conjunctiva, generally consisting of conjunctival hyperaemia associated with a discharge. (references) |
Medicine | Inflammation of the conjunctiva marked by hyperemia, lacrimation and purulent discharge. Various types occur owing to injury, irritation or infection. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A chronic, contagious, viral infection of the conjunctiva and the cornea characterized by the formation of conjunctival follicles, papillary hypertrophy, pannus and subsequent cicatrization. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonym: ConjunctivitisSynonym: pinkeye (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At times non-infectious conjunctivitis, as well as other corneal abnormalities may manifest themselves due to the body's systemic response to viral infections such as infectious mononucleosis, or Epstein-Barr Virus. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | At its onset, conjunctivitis is usually painless and does not adversely affect vision. (references) | |
Chlamydia is a leading cause of early infant pneumonia and conjunctivitis (pinkeye) in newborns. (references) | ||
Trachoma is a chronic follicular conjunctivitis that leads to scarring in the conjunctiva and cornea. (references) | ||
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| "Conjunctivitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conjunctivitis" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "conjunctivitis": Allergic Conjunctivitis ♦ conjunctivitis arida ♦ gonococcal conjunctivitis ♦ granular conjunctivitis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "conjunctivitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التهاب الملتحمة, التهاب باطن الجفن. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | конюктивит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìt spojivek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | conjunctivitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | conjunctivitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conjonctivite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Konjunktivitis, Bindehautentzündungen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιπεφυκίτιδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "לקת "לחמית (pink eye). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kötõhártya-gyulladás (ophthalmia, pink eye). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | belek (cut open, inflamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | congiuntivite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 結膜炎 , 流行目 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けつまくえ", はやりめ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 결막염. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | chuintys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onjunctivitiscay conjuntivite (pinkeye). (various references) conjunctivitã. (various references) конъюнктивит. (various references) konjunktivitis. (various references) conjuntivitis. (various references) konjunktivit, bindhinneinflammation. (various references) konjonktivit, konjonktiv iltihabı. (various references) кон'юнктивіт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "conjunctivitis": conjunctivitises. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "conjunctivitis": keratoconjunctivitis. (additional references) | |
Words containing "conjunctivitis": keratoconjunctivitises. (additional references) | |
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"Conjunctivitis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conjuctivitus, conjunctivitas, conjunctivitus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "conjunctivitis" (pronounced 'Con*junc`ti*vi"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-i-j-n-n-o-s-t-t-u-v" | |
-4 letters: intuitions. | |
-5 letters: conjuncts, intuition, junctions, nicotinic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-i-j-n-n-o-s-t-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: conjunctivitises. | |
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