conjunctiva

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid

   Dust irritated the conjunctiva beneath her eyelid.

From 1540s late Middle English, borrowing from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (“conjunctive membrane”).

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