Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synechia \Syn*e"chi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to hold
together; sy`n with + ? to hold.] (Med.)
A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea
or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synechia
n 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