CONJUNCTIVITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conjunctivitis mean? 

• CONJUNCTIVITIS (noun)
  The noun CONJUNCTIVITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye

  Familiarity information: CONJUNCTIVITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONJUNCTIVITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

conjunctivitis; pinkeye

Hypernyms ("conjunctivitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunctivitis"):

ophthalmia; ophthalmitis (severe conjunctivitis)

 Context examples 

Conjunctivitis is often due to an infection. Children frequently get it, and it is very contagious.

(Eye Infections, NIH)

When applied topically to the eye, this drug prevents the symptoms associated with keratitis or conjunctivitis.

(Lodoxamide, NCI Thesaurus)

H. aegyptius is a pathogen and the causative agent of conjunctivitis and Brazilian purpuric fever.

(Haemophilus aegyptius, NCI Thesaurus)

H. influenzae is an opportunistic pathogen causing a wide variety of infections including osteomyelitis, meningitis, conjunctivitis and pneumonia.

(Haemophilus influenzae, NCI Thesaurus)

Ocular symptoms include ulcerative conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, uveitis, and sometimes blindness.

(Erythema Multiforme Major, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Signs and symptoms include rash, fever, headache, joint pain, conjunctivitis, and weakness.

(Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Conjunctivitis is the medical name for pink eye.

(Pinkeye, NIH: National Eye Institute)

The ophthalmic solution can be used to treat increased intraocular pressure, symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis, and ocular bacterial infections.

(Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva.

(Conjunctiva, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by respiratory and nervous symptoms in fowl and is transmissible to man causing a severe, but transient conjunctivitis.

(Newcastle Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)