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synechia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synechia  \Syn*e"chi*a\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  hold 
  together;  sy`n  with  +  ?  to  hold.]  (Med.) 
  A  disease  of  the  eye,  in  which  the  iris  adheres  to  the  cornea 
  or  to  the  capsule  of  the  crystalline  lens. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synechia 
  n  :  adhesions  between  the  iris  and  the  lens  or  cornea  resulting 
  from  trauma  or  eye  surgery  of  as  a  complication  of 
  glaucoma  or  cataract;  can  lead  to  blindness 




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