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conjunctivitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pinkeye, sore eyes, Madras eye

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pinkeye

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: ophthalmia, ophthalmitis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English conjunctiva Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English conjunctivitis From conjunctiva + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (šulhāḇ ˁaynā) — inflammation
  • Belarusian: кан'юнктыві́т (kanʺjunktyvít) — inflammation
  • Bengali: চোখ উঠা (cōkh uṭha) — inflammation
  • Central Bikol: tagumata — inflammation
  • Burmese: မျက်စိနာခြင် (myakci.nahkrang) — inflammation
  • Catalan: conjuntivitis — inflammation
  • Chinese: 紅目 /红目 — inflammation
  • Chinese: 紅目墘 /红目墘 (zh-min-nan) — inflammation
  • Chinese: 赤目 — inflammation
  • Chinese: 風目 /风目 — inflammation
  • Chinese: 風火目 /风火目 — inflammation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結膜炎 /结膜炎 (jiémóyán) — inflammation
  • Czech: zánět spojivek — inflammation
  • Dhivehi: ލޮލު ރޯގާ (lolu rōgā) — inflammation
  • Dutch: conjunctivitis — inflammation
  • Dutch: bindvliesontsteking — inflammation
  • Esperanto: konjunktivito — inflammation
  • Finnish: sidekalvontulehdus — inflammation
  • French: conjonctivite — inflammation
  • Galician: conxuntivite — inflammation
  • German: Konjunktivitis — inflammation
  • German: Bindehautentzündung — inflammation
  • Greek: επιπεφυκίτιδα (epipefykítida) — inflammation
  • Hebrew: דלקת הלחמית (daléket halakhmít) — inflammation
  • Hindi: नेत्रशोथ (netraśoth) — inflammation
  • Hungarian: kötőhártya-gyulladás — inflammation
  • Irish: toinníteas — inflammation
  • Italian: congiuntivite — inflammation
  • Japanese: 結膜炎 (ketsumakuen) — inflammation
  • Jeju: 눈빙 (nunbing) — inflammation
  • Jeju: 흑걸리 (heukgeolli) — inflammation
  • Jeju: 너팡징 (neopangjing) — inflammation
  • Khmer: ជំងឺភ្នែកក្រហម (chumngœphnêkkrâhâm) — inflammation
  • Korean: 결막염 (gyeolmagyeom) — inflammation
  • Korean: 눈병 (nunbyeong) — inflammation
  • Lao: ຂາວອັກເສບ (khāo ʼak sēp) — inflammation
  • Lao: ຕາແດງ (tā dǣng) — inflammation
  • Malay: radang selaput mata — inflammation
  • Malayalam: ചെങ്കണ്ണ് (ceṅkaṇṇŭ) — inflammation
  • Māori: mate pīkaru — inflammation
  • Mongolian: нүдний салстын үрэвсэл (nüdnii salstyn ürevsel) — inflammation
  • Mongolian: нүдний салст бүрхэвчийн үрэвсэл (nüdnii salst bürxevčiin ürevsel) — inflammation
  • Mongolian: нийлмэл бүрхэвчийн үрэвсэл (niilmel bürxevčiin ürevsel) — inflammation
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (nidün-ü salisutu-yin ürbisül) — inflammation
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠪᠦᠷᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (nidün-ü salisutu bürkübči-yin ürbisül) — inflammation
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠮᠡᠯ ᠪᠦᠷᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (neyilemel bürkübči-yin ürbisül) — inflammation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konjunktivitt — inflammation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konjunktivitt — inflammation
  • Odia: ନେତ୍ରାବରଣ ପ୍ରଦାହ (netrābaraṇa pradāha) — inflammation
  • Polish: zapalenie spojówek — inflammation
  • Portuguese: conjuntivite — inflammation
  • Quechua: ñawi huñuna unquy — inflammation
  • Romanian: conjunctivită — inflammation
  • Russian: конъюнктиви́т (konʺjunktivít) — inflammation
  • Sinhalese: අක්ෂිපටල ප්රදාහය (akṣipaṭala pradāhaya) — inflammation
  • Somali: daaf — inflammation
  • Spanish: conjuntivitis — inflammation
  • Swahili: kikope — inflammation
  • Swedish: bindhinneinflammation — inflammation
  • Swedish: konjunktivit — inflammation
  • Tagalog: bisil — inflammation
  • Telugu: కండ్లకలక (kaṇḍlakalaka) — inflammation
  • Thai: เยื่อตาอักเสบ (yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa-àk-sèep) — inflammation
  • Thai: ตาแดง — inflammation
  • Turkish: konjonktivit — inflammation
  • Ukrainian: кон'юнктиві́т (konʺjunktyvít) — inflammation
  • Vietnamese: viêm màng kết — inflammation
  • Yakan: belad — inflammation
  • Yakut: көһүө (köhüö) — inflammation
  • Yoruba: àpólò — inflammation
  • Yoruba: aràn-ojú — inflammation
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