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Conjunctivae vs Petechial - What's the difference?

conjunctivae | petechial |

As a noun conjunctivae

is (conjunctiva).

As an adjective petechial is

petechial.

conjunctivae

English

Noun

(head)
  • (conjunctiva)

    • conjunctiva

    English

    (wikipedia conjunctiva)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.

    • Derived terms

    * annulus conjunctivae, anulus conjunctivae * bulbar conjunctiva * conjunctival * conjunctiviplasty * conjunctivitis * conjunctivochalasis * conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy * conjunctivodacryocystostomy * conjunctivoma * conjunctivoplasty * conjunctivorhinostomy * decussation of brachia conjunctiva * Dirofilaria conjunctivae * fluid-filled conjunctiva * fornix conjunctiva * lithiasis conjunctivae * Mycoplasma conjunctivae * ocular conjuctiva * palpebra conjunctiva, palpebral conjunctiva * plica semilunaris of conjunctiva * plica semilunaris conjunctivae * saccus conjunctivae * siderosis conjunctivae * tyloma conjunctivae * tarsal conjunctiva * tela conjunctiva * tunica conjunctiva * tunica conjunctiva bulbaris, tunica conjunctiva bulbi * tunica conjunctiva palpebralis, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum * xerosis conjunctivae

    petechial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin)
  • * 1750 , John Huxham, An Essay on Fevers :
    • Chap. VIII. Of putrid, malignant, petechial Fevers.
  • * 2001 , M. W. Service (editor), Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections :
    • Petechial haemorrhages may appear in the conjunctivae and ecchymotic haemorrhages on the ventral surface of the tongue.