Word familynounconjunctionconjunctivaconjunctivenessconjunctivitisconjunctureadjectiveconjunctionalconjunctivalconjunctiveconjunctadverbconjunctionallyconjunctivelyconjunctly
conjunctivitis• Both of his eyes were oozing, as though with acuteconjunctivitis.• It was shown that the organism could causeconjunctivitis in baboons and, after inoculation in the urethra, a urethritis as well.• I had conjunctivitis and I was trying to get off work because my eyes were really bad.
Originconjunctivitis
(1800-1900)conjunctiva“surface layer of the eye”((16-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin, from Latinconjunctus; CONJUNCT