Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis

Inflammation of the conjunctiva, characterised by a pink eye. The cause is either infectious or allergic, though the term "pink eye" is commonly used for any type of conjunctivitis. Other symptoms include burning, discharge, dryness, itching, light sensitivity, eye pain or discomfort, stickiness, tearing and chemosis.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Improve it
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Health care
  • Category: Optometry
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

conjunction
Astrology; General astrology

Where the chart factors concerned are within 8° orb of arc, they are "conjunct" or in conjunction. A conjunction is usually a helpful energy which creates self-nurturing, inner ...

conjunct
Music; General music

Smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals.

conjunction
Education; SAT vocabulary

The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.

conjunct
Music; General music

Smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals.

conjunction
Astronomy; General astronomy

Two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky that have the same longitude from some place (usually the Earth).

conjunction
Language; Grammar

The part of speech that joins words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. There are three kinds of conjunctions in English: # '''Coordinate conjunctions''' join similar words, phrases, ...

ophthalmoscope
Eyewear; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

pantoscopic angle
Eyewear; Optometry

1. Angle in the vertical plane between the optical axis of a spectacle lens and the visual axis of the eye in the primary position, usually taken to be the horizontal. 2. Angle ...

optical material
Eyewear; Optometry

Transparent material capable of being manufactured into optical components.

optical radiation hazard
Eyewear; Optometry

Possibility of damage to the retina by optical radiation.

optical centre
Eyewear; Optometry

For practical purposes, the intersection of the optical axis with the front surface a lens.

ophthalmoscope
Optometry; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Sports Category: Unusual sports

Quidditch

The popular sport in the Harry Potter series, Quidditch is likened to rugby, but with players flying on broomsticks. With the popularity of the book ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Weeds

Category: Geography   2 20 Terms

LOL Translated

Category: Languages   5 9 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS