conjunctiva

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conjunctiva englannista suomeksi

(senseid) A clear membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.

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(quote-book)|edition=2nd|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=Estes and Lauriat|year=1884|section=part II (General Ornithology)|page=180|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/keytonorthameric00coue_1/page/180/mode/1up|oclc=17207642|passage=There is a ''third'' inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the ''nictitating'' membrane, or "winker" (''nictito'', I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
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