conjunctivitis

English

A person with conjunctivitis.

Etymology

From conjunctiva +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

conjunctivitis (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctivitides or conjunctivitises or conjunctivites)

1. (pathology) An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.

   Synonyms: pinkeye, sore eyes (Philippines), Madras eye (India)

Derived terms

• acute catarrhal conjunctivitis
• acute contagious conjunctivitis
• acute epidemic conjunctivitis
• acute follicular conjunctivitis
• acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
• acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
• acute viral conjunctivitis
• allergic conjunctivitis
• angular conjunctivitis
• arc-flash conjunctivitis
• atopic conjunctivitis
• atropine conjunctivitis
• Axenfeld's conjunctivitis
• bacterial conjunctivitis
• blennorrhoeal conjunctivitis
• blepharoconjunctivitis
• blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
• calcareous conjunctivitis
• chemical conjunctivitis
• chronic catarrhal conjunctivitis
• chronic conjunctivitis
• chronic follicular conjunctivitis
• cicatricial conjunctivitis
• conjunctivital
• conjunctivitis arida
• conjunctivitis medicamentosa
• conjunctivitis nodosa
• conjunctivitis petrificans
• conjunctivitis tularensis
• contagious granular conjunctivitis
• croupous conjunctivitis
• dermatoconjunctivitis
• diphtheritic conjunctivitis
• diplobacillary conjunctivitis
• eczematous conjunctivitis
• Egyptian conjunctivitis
• Elschnig's conjunctivitis
• epidemic conjunctivitis
• follicular conjunctivitis
• giant papillary conjunctivitis
• gonococcal conjunctivitis
• gonorrheal conjunctivitis
• gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis
• granular conjunctivitis
• hyperacute purulent conjunctivitis
• inclusion conjunctivitis
• inclusion conjunctivitis
• infantile purulent conjunctivitis
• infectious conjunctivitis
• irritant conjunctivitis
• keratoconjunctivitis
• Koch-Weeks conjunctivitis
• lacrimal conjunctivitis
• larval conjunctivitis
• ligneous conjunctivitis
• lithiasis conjunctivitis
• Meibomian conjunctivitis
• membranous conjunctivitis
• meningococcus conjunctivitis
• molluscum conjunctivitis
• Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis
• Moraxella conjunctivitis
• mucopurulent conjunctivitis
• necrotic infectious conjunctivitis
• neonatal conjunctivitis
• newborn conjunctivitis
• Parinaud's conjunctivitis
• Pascheff's conjunctivitis
• pharyngoconjunctivitis
• phlyctenular conjunctivitis
• photoconjunctivitis
• prairie conjunctivitis
• pseudomembranous conjunctivitis
• purulent conjunctivitis
• reflux conjunctivitis
• rhinoconjunctivitis
• scleroconjunctivitis
• scrofular conjunctivitis
• seborrheic blepharoconjunctivitis
• shipyard conjunctivitis
• simple acute conjunctivitis
• simple conjunctivitis
• snow conjunctivitis
• spring conjunctivitis
• squirrel plague conjunctivitis
• subconjunctivitis
• swimming pool conjunctivitis
• toxic conjunctivitis
• toxicogenic conjunctivitis
• trachomatous conjunctivitis
• tularemic conjunctivitis
• uratic conjunctivitis
• vaccinial conjunctivitis
• vernal conjunctivitis
• viral conjunctivitis
• welder's conjunctivitis
• Widmark's conjunctivitis

 

Translations

inflammation

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ m (šulhāḇ ˁaynā)
• Belarusian: кан'юнктыві́т m (kanʺjunktyvít)
• Bengali: চোখ উঠা (cōkh uṭha)
• Bikol Central: tagumata (bcl)
• Burmese: မျက်စိနာခြင် (myakci.nahkrang)
• Catalan: conjuntivitis f
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 紅目 / 红目, 紅目墘 / 红目墘 (zh-min-nan), 赤目, 風目 / 风目, 風火目 / 风火目

  Mandarin: 結膜炎 / 结膜炎 (zh) (jiémóyán)

• Czech: zánět spojivek m
• Dhivehi: ލޮލު ރޯގާ (lolu rōgā)
• Esperanto: konjunktivito
• Finnish: sidekalvontulehdus
• French: conjonctivite (fr) f
• Galician: conxuntivite (gl) f
• German: Konjunktivitis (de) f, Bindehautentzündung (de) f
• Greek: επιπεφυκίτιδα (el) f (epipefykítida)
• Hebrew: דלקת הלחמית (he) f (daléket halakhmít)
• Hindi: नेत्रशोथ ? (netraśoth)
• Hungarian: kötőhártya-gyulladás (hu)
• Irish: toinníteas m
• Italian: congiuntivite (it) f
• Japanese: 結膜炎 (ja) (けつまくえん, ketsumakuen)
• Khmer: ជំងឺភ្នែកក្រហម (chumngœphnêkkrâhâm)
• Korean: 결막염 (gyeolmagyeom), 눈병 (ko) (nunbyeong)
• Lao: ຂາວອັກເສບ (khāo ʼak sēp), ຕາແດງ (tā dǣng)
• Malay: radang selaput mata
• Malayalam: ചെങ്കണ്ണ് (ml) (ceṅkaṇṇŭ)
• Maori: mate pīkaru
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нүдний салстын үрэвсэл (nüdnii salstyn ürevsel), нүдний салст бүрхэвчийн үрэвсэл (nüdnii salst bürxevčiin ürevsel), нийлмэл бүрхэвчийн үрэвсэл (niilmel bürxevčiin ürevsel) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ
  ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ
  ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (nidün-ü salisutu-yin ürbisül), ᠨᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ
  ᠰᠠᠯᠢᠰᠤᠲᠤ
  ᠪᠦᠷᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
  ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (nidün-ü salisutu bürkübči-yin ürbisül), ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠮᠡᠯ
  ᠪᠦᠷᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
  ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠰᠦᠯ (neyilemel bürkübči-yin ürbisül)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konjunktivitt (no) m

  Nynorsk: konjunktivitt m

• Odia: ନେତ୍ରାବରଣ ପ୍ରଦାହ (netrābaraṇa pradāha)
• Polish: zapalenie spojówek (pl) n
• Portuguese: conjuntivite (pt) f
• Quechua: ñawi huñuna unquy
• Romanian: conjunctivită (ro) f
• Russian: конъюнктиви́т (ru) m (konʺjunktivít)
• Sinhalese: අක්‍ෂිපටල ප්‍රදාහය (akṣipaṭala pradāhaya)
• Somali: daaf (so)
• Spanish: conjuntivitis (es) f
• Swahili: kikope ?
• Swedish: bindhinneinflammation c, konjunktivit (sv) c
• Tagalog: bisil
• Telugu: కండ్లకలక (te) (kaṇḍlakalaka)
• Thai: เยื่อตาอักเสบ (yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa-àk-sèep), ตาแดง
• Turkish: konjonktivit
• Ukrainian: кон'юнктиві́т (uk) m (konʺjunktyvít)
• Vietnamese: viêm màng kết
• Yakan: belad
• Yakut: көһүө (köhüö)
• Yoruba: àpólò

Further reading

• conjunctivitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia