SYNECHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synechia mean? 

• SYNECHIA (noun)
  The noun SYNECHIA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SYNECHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNECHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("synechia" is a kind of...):

adhesion (abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "synechia"):

anterior synechia (adhesion between the iris and the cornea)

posterior synechia (adhesion between the iris and the lens)

 Context examples 

Manifestations of this disorder include ciliary injection, exudation into the anterior chamber, iris changes, and adhesions between the iris and lens (posterior synechiae).

(Anterior Uveitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)