SYNECHIA Definition & Meaning

synechia

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

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noun

Medicine/Medical, Pathology.

plural synechiae

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of synechia¹

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek ��é��𾱲� continuity, coherence, equivalent to syneche-, stem of ��Ա𳦳�ḗs (adj.) holding together ( syn- syn- + ech ( ein ) to hold + -ŧ�� adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

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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.

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