synechia

American

[si-nek-ee-uh, -nee-kee-uh, sin-i-kahy-uh] / sɪˈnɛk i ə, -ˈni ki ə, ˌsɪn ɪˈkaɪ ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical, Pathology.

any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

synechiae

plural

Etymology

Origin of synechia

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek synécheia continuity, coherence, equivalent to syneche-, stem of synechḗs (adj.) holding together ( syn- syn- + ech ( ein ) to hold + -ēs adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

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On the other hand, considerable opacity of the corneæ or cases which were complicated with anterior synechia, &c., were excluded from the statistics.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

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