conjuntiva
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).
Noun
conjuntiva f (plural conjuntives)
- (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “conjuntiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “conjuntiva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “conjuntiva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒũˈti.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒũˈti.bɐ/ [kõ.ʒũˈti.βɐ]
- Rhymes: -ivɐ
- Hyphenation: con‧jun‧ti‧va
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).
Noun
conjuntiva f (plural conjuntivas)
- (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “conjuntiva” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “conjuntiva” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “conjuntiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “conjuntiva” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “conjuntiva” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konxunˈtiba/ [kõŋ.xũn̪ˈt̪i.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: con‧jun‧ti‧va
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).
Noun
conjuntiva f (plural conjuntivas)
- (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “conjuntivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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