synechia

  

syn·ech·i·a

[si-nek-ee-uh, -nee-kee-uh, sin-i-kahy-uh]
noun, plural syn·ech·i·ae [si-nek-ee-ee, -nee-kee-ee, sin-i-kahy-ee] . Medicine/Medical, Pathology.
any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
Origin:
1835–45; < Neo-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

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synechia syn·ech·i·a (sĭ-něk'ē-ə, -nē'kē-ə)
n. pl. syn·ech·i·ae (sĭ-něk'ē-ē', -nē'kē-ē')

  1. An adhesion of parts, especially involving the iris.

  2. Anterior synechia.

  3. Posterior synechia.

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