Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, adhesion; a growing together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
growing together ofparts ; specifically, amorbid adhesion of theeyelids to each other or to theeyeball .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek to + grow.
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