Definitions for synechia

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synechia syn·ech·i·a

Spelling: [si-nek-ee-uh, -nee-kee-uh, sin-i- Synechia is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in synechia (acehinsy).

Definitions for synechia

noun

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

Origin of synechia

1835-45; New Latin Greek synécheia continuity, coherence, equivalent to syneche-, stem of synechḗs (adj.) holding together (syn- syn- + ech(ein) to hold + -ēs adj. suf

Examples for synechia

synechia, sin-e-kī′a, n. morbid adhesion between the iris and the cornea.

The incision is made at the limbus in a favourable situation for the division of the synechia.