synechia

[ si-nek-ee-uh, -nee-kee-uh, sin-i-kahy-uh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical, Pathology.

, plural syn·ech·i·ae [si-, nek, -ee-ee, -, nee, -kee-ee, sin-i-, kahy, -ee].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of synechia¹

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

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

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