subconjunctivaladj.
/ˌsʌbkɒndʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪvl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˌkɑndʒəŋ(k)ˈtaɪv(ə)l/ Chiefly Medicine.
Located or occurring under the conjunctiva.
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1827 Q. Periscope Pract. Med. July in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 7 138 Chemosis, or inflammatory œdema of the sub-conjunctival cellular substance, is by no means an uncommon attendant on catarrho-rheumatic ophthalmia.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 85/1 The cellular tissue..is sometimes the seat of..subconjunctival ecchymosis.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. viii. 301 Inflammation of the sclerotic or subconjunctival fascia.
1919 A. Castellani & A. J. Chalmers Man. Trop. Med. (ed. 3) lxxxviii. 1972 Löiasis is a subcutaneous and subconjunctival filariasis caused by Loa loa.
1989 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 82 305/1 The absence of dilated episcleral vessels or subconjunctival haemorrhage was suspicious of an alternative aetiology.
2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 212 Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage…This cumbersome medical phraseology simply means a painless bleed behind the conjunctiva caused by a ruptured blood capillary.
Derivatives
ˌsubconjuncˈtivally adv.
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1855 Lancet 19 May 507/2 The essential principle of the operation I am about to describe consists in the division of the muscle sub-conjunctivally.
1907 Ophthalmoscope 5 383 The conjunctival cicatrice had been divided subconjunctivally.
2002 A. Azuara-Blanco et al. Handbk. Glaucoma xiii. 209 Antibiotics and corticosteroids can be injected subconjunctivally into the inferior fornix.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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