The eyes may remain open for such long periods of time that the conjunctiva and sclera may become quite dry and ulcerate.
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Conjunctiva
//ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.və//
Synonyms for "conjunctiva"
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4 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- конюнктива noun (mucous membrane)
Catalan
1 entries- conjuntiva noun (mucous membrane)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 結膜 /结膜 noun (mucous membrane)
Czech
1 entries- spojivka noun (mucous membrane)
Faroese
1 entries- eygnareyði noun (mucous membrane)
Finnish
1 entries- sidekalvo noun (mucous membrane)
French
1 entries- conjonctive noun (mucous membrane)
Galician
1 entries- conxuntiva noun (mucous membrane)
German
1 entries- Bindehaut noun (mucous membrane)
Greek
1 entries- επιπεφυκώς noun (mucous membrane)
Hungarian
1 entries- kötőhártya noun (mucous membrane)
Indonesian
1 entries- konjungtiva noun (mucous membrane)
Interlingua
1 entries- conjunctiva noun (mucous membrane)
Japanese
1 entries- 結膜 noun (mucous membrane)
Macedonian
1 entries- сврзница noun (mucous membrane)
Malay
1 entries- konjunktiva noun (mucous membrane)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konjunktiva noun (mucous membrane)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konjunktiva noun (mucous membrane)
Polish
1 entries- spojówka noun (mucous membrane)
Portuguese
1 entries- conjuntiva noun (mucous membrane)
Russian
2 entries- конъюнкти́ва noun (mucous membrane)
- сли́зистая оболо́чка гла́за noun (mucous membrane)
Spanish
1 entries- conjuntiva noun (mucous membrane)
Swedish
1 entries- bindhinna noun (mucous membrane)
Thai
1 entries- เยื่อตา noun (mucous membrane)
Turkish
1 entries- konjonktiva noun (mucous membrane)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kết mạc noun (mucous membrane)
- màng kết noun (mucous membrane)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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