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noun
A surgical treatment for glaucoma by stripping peripheral anterior synechiae from the cornea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) Proto-Indo-European *seǵh-der. Proto-Hellenic *hékhō Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō) Ancient Greek συνέχω (sunékhō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek συνεχής (sunekhḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă) Ancient Greek σῠνέχειᾰ (sŭnékheiă)der. English synechia Proto-Indo-European *lewh1-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English goniosynechialysis From gonio- + synechia + -lysis.
