Word Meanings - CONJUNCTIVA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrance.

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• INNERVATION
  Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs. (more info) 1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
• SURFACE LOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• MEMBRANE
  A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of
• INNERLY
  More within. Baret.
• CONJUNCTIVAL
  Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva. (more info) 1. Joining; connecting.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• EXTERNAL
  Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. External angles. See under Angle. (more info) 1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• MEMBRANEOUS
  See MEMBRANOUS
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SURFACE TENSION
  That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth
• EXTERNALLY
  In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
• MUCOUS
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance. 2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane. Mucous membrane. See under Membrane. -- Mucous patches , elevated
• EXTERNALITY
  State of being external; exteriority;
• EXTERNALIZE
  To make external; to manifest by outward form. Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.
• COVERSED SINE
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• SURFACE
  1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
• MUCOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.
• INNERVE
  To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate. (more info) Etym:
• COVERSIDE
  A region of country having covers; a hunting country.
• TWINNER
  One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
• DINNERLY
  Of or pertaining to dinner. The dinnerly officer. Copley.
• UNREMEMBRANCE
  Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. I. Watts.
• SUBCONJUNCTIVAL
  Situated under the conjunctiva.
• WINNER
  One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
• SPINNERULE
  One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
• DOUBLE-SURFACED
  Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
• TINNER
  1. One who works in a tin mine. 2. One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
• WHINNER
  To whinny.
• SPINNER
  A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.