Meanings
nounconjunctivitis (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctivitides or conjunctivitises or conjunctivites)
plural conjunctivitides · plural conjunctivitises · plural conjunctivites
- countableuncountablemedicineAn inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.
Synonyms: pinkeye, sore eyes, Madras eye
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Translations
Bengali চোখ উঠা
- চোখ উঠা (cōkh uṭha)inflammation
Catalan conjuntivitis
- conjuntivitisinflammation
Chinese Mandarin 結膜炎 /结膜炎
- 結膜炎 /结膜炎 (jiémóyán)inflammation
Czech zánět spojivek
- zánět spojivekinflammation
Dutch conjunctivitis, bindvliesontsteking
- conjunctivitisinflammation
- bindvliesontstekinginflammation
Esperanto konjunktivito
- konjunktivitoinflammation
Finnish sidekalvontulehdus
- sidekalvontulehdusinflammation
French conjonctivite
- conjonctiviteinflammation
German Konjunktivitis, Bindehautentzündung
- Konjunktivitisinflammation
- Bindehautentzündunginflammation
Greek επιπεφυκίτιδα
- επιπεφυκίτιδα (epipefykítida)inflammation
Hebrew דלקת הלחמית
- דלקת הלחמית (daléket halakhmít)inflammation
Hindi नेत्रशोथ
- नेत्रशोथ (netraśoth)inflammation
Hungarian kötőhártya-gyulladás
- kötőhártya-gyulladásinflammation
Irish toinníteas
- toinníteasinflammation
Italian congiuntivite
- congiuntiviteinflammation
Japanese 結膜炎
- 結膜炎 (ketsumakuen)inflammation
Korean 결막염, 눈병
- 결막염 (gyeolmagyeom)inflammation
- 눈병 (nunbyeong)inflammation
Malay radang selaput mata
- radang selaput matainflammation
Māori mate pīkaru
- mate pīkaruinflammation
Norwegian Bokmål konjunktivitt
- konjunktivittinflammation
Polish zapalenie spojówek
- zapalenie spojówekinflammation
Portuguese conjuntivite
- conjuntiviteinflammation
Romanian conjunctivită
- conjunctivităinflammation
Russian конъюнктиви́т
- конъюнктиви́т (konʺjunktivít)inflammation
Spanish conjuntivitis
- conjuntivitisinflammation
Swahili kikope
- kikopeinflammation
Swedish bindhinneinflammation, konjunktivit
- bindhinneinflammationinflammation
- konjunktivitinflammation
Tagalog bisil
- bisilinflammation
Thai เยื่อตาอักเสบ, ตาแดง
- เยื่อตาอักเสบ (yʉ̂ʉa-dtaa-àk-sèep)inflammation
- ตาแดงinflammation
Turkish konjonktivit
- konjonktivitinflammation
Ukrainian кон'юнктиві́т
- кон'юнктиві́т (konʺjunktyvít)inflammation
Vietnamese viêm màng kết
- viêm màng kếtinflammation
Cite this entry
APA
conjunctivitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctivitis
MLA
“conjunctivitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctivitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conjunctivitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctivitis.
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