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
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