conjunctivitis
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·junc·ti·vi·tis /kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/ noun [uncountable] MIa painful and infectious disease of the eye that makes it red 结膜炎
Examples from the Corpus
conjunctivitis• Both of his eyes were oozing, as though with acute conjunctivitis.• It was shown that the organism could cause conjunctivitis 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.Origin conjunctivitis (1800-1900) conjunctiva “surface layer of the eye” ((16-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin, from Latin conjunctus; CONJUNCTcon·junc·ti·vi·tis nounChineseSyllable
a of Corpus and painful infectious the disease
conjunctivitis
con‧junc‧ti‧vi‧tis /kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtəs, kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/
noun [uncountable]
con‧junc‧ti‧vi‧tis /kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtəs, kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: conjunctiva 'surface layer of the eye' (16-21 centuries), from Modern Latin, from Latin conjunctus; CONJUNCT
a painful and infectious disease of the eye that makes it red
Origin: conjunctiva 'surface layer of the eye' (16-21 centuries), from Modern Latin, from Latin conjunctus; CONJUNCT