Definition of Bulbar conjunctiva

1. Noun. The part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea.


Definition of Bulbar conjunctiva

1. Noun. (anatomy) One of three parts of the conjunctiva, the bulbar conjunctiva is the conjunctiva covering the eyeball, over the sclera. ¹

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Medical Definition of Bulbar conjunctiva

1. The part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior surface of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea. Synonym: tunica conjunctiva bulbi, conjunctival layer of bulb. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbar Conjunctiva

bulachite
bulau
bulb
bulb of eye
bulb of hair
bulb of jugular vein
bulb of lateral ventricle
bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of brain
bulbaceous
bulbar
bulbar apoplexy
bulbar conjunctiva (current term)
bulbar conjunctivae
bulbar conjunctivas
bulbar myelitis
bulbar palsy
bulbar paralysis
bulbar pulse
bulbar ridge
bulbar septum
bulbectomies
bulbectomize
bulbectomized
bulbectomizes
bulbectomizing
bulbectomy

Literary usage of Bulbar conjunctiva

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Human Eye in Its Normal and Pathological Conditions by Adolf Alt (1880)
"Trachoma-granule from the bulbar conjunctiva. ... Epithelioma of the bulbar conjunctiva. I. Epithelial cylinder filled with round cells. 2. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"The semilunar fold of the conjunctiva was very swollen and red, and the bulbar conjunctiva slightly injected, while the cornea and the deeper parts of the ..."

3. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"Cysts of the conjunctiva may appear in the bulbar conjunctiva, ... Lymphatic cysts appear in the bulbar conjunctiva, and represent dilatations of lymphatic ..."

4. Manual of the diseases of the eye: For Students and General Practitioners by Charles Henry May (1909)
"Tlie bulbar conjunctiva, thin and transparent, covers the anterior surface of the eyeball, being loosely attached to the sclera by connective tissue ..."

5. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1885)
"The bulbar conjunctiva below the cornea of this eye was grasped and pulled ... The normal sensibility of the bulbar conjunctiva was now nearly restored. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1905)
"... arterio-sclerosis, or other causes, the bulbar conjunctiva and underlying tissues bleed excessively, tear, or give way, and for these reasons annoying ..."

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