Ocular trauma or any form of iritis can cause this. It is usually visible on careful examination but usually more easily through an opthalmoscope or slit-lamp.

Syn*e"chi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to hold together; 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.

 

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