Synechia

[si'nekiә]

Definition

(noun.) adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness.

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Definition

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

Inputed by Alphonso

Definition

n. morbid adhesion between the iris and the cornea.—n. Synechiol′ogy the doctrine of the connection of things by causation.—adj. Synec′tic bringing into connection things of different nature.—n. Synectic′ity.

Editor: Mary