What's the difference between conjunctiva and conjunctive?

Conjunctiva


Definition:

  • (n.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A diagnosis of unilateral tuberculosis of the conjunctiva was established in a 75-year-old female patient eight years after the first manifestations of disease.
  • (2) The difference from the Hughes flap is that the blood supply is maintained through two tubed pedicles of conjunctiva and Muller's muscle, rather than an apron of conjunctiva.
  • (3) In neurological diseases the hyposensitivity could include the cornea, conjunctiva and lid margin.
  • (4) We describe two patients with different adnexal locations of localized extramedullary plasmacytomas, one under the conjunctiva of the caruncle and the other under the tarsal conjunctiva.
  • (5) This is the first reported case of malakoplakia arising from conjunctiva, although three others have involved the ocular adnexa.
  • (6) The conjunctival surfaces of ten patients with active, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, three patients with drug-controlled ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, and six patients with normal conjunctivas were studied using scanning electron microscopy.
  • (7) Noncontact biomicroscopy of the vessels of the bulbar conjunctiva was employed to examine the microcirculatory bed in 91 normal full-term infants, who received 8-9 points according to Apgar's scale, in the course of the postnatal period.
  • (8) A chronic, progressive disease, CP is characterized by shrinkage of the conjunctiva, symblepharon, entropion, trichiasis, dry eye, and finally reduced vision from corneal opacification.
  • (9) The adjacent conjunctiva appeared normal except for a possible slight decrease in goblet cells.
  • (10) Tarsal conjunctivas of 14 normal guinea pigs, 34 infected ones, and 7 control guinea pigs (inoculated with yolk sac only) were excised and tested for peroxidase by the Graham and Karnovsky method (J. Histochem.
  • (11) Patients with fever, polymorphous skin eruption, congested conjunctiva, reddened palms and soles, red lips and oral mucous membrane, and soft-tissue swelling of the peripheral extremities and who experience membranous desquamation of fingers and toes should be suspected of having mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome.
  • (12) A four and a half-year old Nigerian girl, living at home, who presented with protracted fever, multifocal lymph node enlargement, extensive scaly rash, injected conjunctivae, fissuring of the lip and other features consistent with a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is reported.
  • (13) The guinea pig conjunctiva is a suitable tissue for studying the pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis.
  • (14) The opthalmologist had performed the opthalmoscopic examination, biomicroscopy of the vessels of conjunctiva and episclera the opthalmocalibrometry and angiophotometry as well as opthalmodynamometry.
  • (15) Five masses involved the bulbar conjunctiva, and 2 masses involved the eyelids.
  • (16) The concentration of sodium cromoglycate in the tears, conjunctiva and cornea 6 h after administration of the acetylated lanolin base equalled or exceeded the concentrations obtained with the aqueous solution 1 h post-instillation.
  • (17) Bacterial growth was found in 8 (20.5%) of 39 patients with clinically normal conjunctiva and no polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and in 8 (61.5%) of 13 subjects with clinically normal conjunctiva and evidence of PMNs.
  • (18) We concluded that CT will cause AOM in the chinchilla by direct inoculation into the middle ear as well as indirectly by infection of the nasopharynx and conjunctiva.
  • (19) The most common eye disease are cataract, refractive error and presbyopia, and diseases of the conjunctiva and sclera.
  • (20) The amino acid composition showed some differences between pterygium and normal conjunctiva.

Conjunctive


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving to unite; connecting together.
  • (a.) Closely united.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It facilitated the acquisition of quantitative velocity information with standard Doppler ultrasound techniques by identifying areas of high velocity or turbulent flow and was invaluable in the assessment of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage occurring either as an isolated anomaly or in conjunction with complex intracardiac lesions.
  • (2) These observations indicate that peroxidase staining, as a marker for identification of Kupffer cells in mouse liver, is only of limited value and should be used in conjunction with other methods (e.g., latex phagocytosis).
  • (3) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
  • (4) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
  • (5) The results of this study and extensive experience with clinical specimens show that the radiometric system is an effective means of rapidly detecting Haemophilus in blood cultures, but it is essential that it be used in conjunction with a subculture three to five days after inoculation.
  • (6) In the present study, ODC degradation was investigated in 653-1 mouse myeloma cells that overproduce ODC and in ts85 cells that are thermosensitive for conjunction of ubiquitin to target proteins.
  • (7) When cultures are available, it should be used in conjunction with them, since culture results are not available at the time the patient is seen.
  • (8) A training device is used in conjunction with an exercise program to teach muscle control for retention of a mandibular denture.
  • (9) The distribution and lateral mobility of VDCCs on CA1 hippocampal neurons have been determined with biologically active fluorescent and biotinylated derivatives of the selective probe omega-conotoxin in conjunction with circular dityndallism, digital fluorescence imaging, and photobleach recovery microscopy.
  • (10) Nucleotide substitutions in the viral-encoded proteinase 3C (3Cpro) region (549 nucleotides) of the RNA genome of a coxsackievirus A24 variant (CA24v), one of the agents causing acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC), were studied using 32 isolates collected from the Eastern hemisphere in 1970-1989.
  • (11) The patient described in this report has the classic findings of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in conjunction with tibia vara and irregular physes of the lower extremities.
  • (12) The highest dissociation rate constants were observed for the plasmids containing only a single operator (or pseudooperator) sequence, while approximately 10-fold lower rate constants were measured for plasmids with the I gene pseudooperator in conjunction with either the Z gene pseudooperator or the primary operator.
  • (13) (c) A possible contribution of veto cells should be considered in several protocols in which donor hemopoetic cells were used in conjunction with CD4-specific antibodies to induce transplantation tolerance.
  • (14) In a series of experiments we found that 1) growth rates of hamsters offered the Lyric diet alone or in conjunction with the standard rodent diet exceeded those of hamsters offered only the standard rodent diet.
  • (15) In essence these functions describe a major aspect of the quality of life for surviving patients and may be useful when viewed in conjunction with the survival curves themselves.
  • (16) The HLAs were detected by immunofluorescence in conjunction with flow cytometry.
  • (17) Genomic clones for the mouse estrogen receptor have been isolated from a cosmid library and used in conjunction with the cDNA clones to study the expression of the receptor in vivo by RNase mapping, primer extension, and Northern blotting.
  • (18) The use of Fab fragments in conjunction with Fab-specific secondary and tertiary antisera improved tissue penetration and made it possible to identify a number of the immunoreactive neurons.
  • (19) After bone-union the embracing ring device was removed in conjunction with external lotion and active exercises.
  • (20) ESD in conjunction with RB polymorphism would be useful in prenatal and presymptomatic diagnosis, as well as in carrier detection in informative pedigrees.