From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconjunctivitiscon‧junc‧ti‧vi‧tis /kənˌdʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/ noun [uncountable] MIa painful and infectious disease of the eye that makes it red
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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; CONJUNCT 