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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to hold together;

σύν

with + [GREEK] to hold.]

(Med.)

A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.

synechia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural synechias or synechiae)

(medicine) An eye condition in which the iris adheres either to the cornea (anterior synechia) or to the lens (posterior synechia).