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Definition: Synechia |
SynechiaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Synechia \Syn*e"chi*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to hold together; sy`n with to hold.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Adhesion of the iris to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Synechia |
| Etymologies containing "synechia": Synocha. (references) |
Expressions using "synechia": anterior synechia ♦ posterior synechia. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
synechia | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "synechia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | synekki, syneki, synechia, sammenvoksning (accretion, coalescence, coalition, concrescence, concretion, concretions, conjunctiva, union). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | synechie, synechia. (various references) | ||||
French | synéchie. (various references) | ||||
German | Synechie. (various references) | ||||
Italian | sinechia. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ynechiasay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "synechia" (pronounced 'Syn*e"chi*a'): Anthobranchia, Aspidobranchia, Batrachia, Branchia, Branchiura, Bronchia, Ceratobranchia, Marsipobranchia, Phyllobranchia, Pleurobranchia, Podobranchia, Polybranchia, Pseudobranchia, Pygobranchia, Rachialgia, Saurobatrachia, Scutibranchia, Zygobranchia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-s-y" | |
-1 letter: chaines, hyaenic. | |
-2 letters: casein, chaine, chains, chaise, chinas, chines, encash, hances, hyenas, hyenic, incase, inches, naches, niches. | |
-3 letters: aches, acnes, anise, ashen, ayins, cains, canes, chain, chase, chays, chias, china, chine, chins, cines, cyans, hance, hanse, hyena, niche, saice, scena, shine, shiny, since, synch, yeans, yechs, yince. | |
-4 letters: aces, ache, achy, acne, ains, anes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: hesitancy. | |
+2 letters: gynarchies, myasthenic, thylacines. | |
+3 letters: hemocyanins, hyoscyamine, myasthenics, searchingly. | |
+4 letters: antihysteric, asynchronies, chatoyancies, hemodynamics, hydromancies, hyoscyamines, hypercapnias, physicalness, sycophancies, thiocyanates, unhysterical. | |
+5 letters: amphictyonies, antihysterics, lycanthropies, metaphysician, nonhysterical, parasynthetic, psychasthenia, psychasthenic, synecdochical, synthetically, unsympathetic. | |
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