Syn-ē'chi-ă, n.

n. [N. Lat. synechia, Gr. συνέχεια, from συνέχειν, to hold together, from σύν, with; and ἔχειν, to have, hold; Fr. synechie.] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.