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synchysis

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synchysis /syn·chy·sis/ (sin´ki-sis) [Gr.] a softening or fluid condition of the vitreous body of the eye.
synchysis scintil´lans  floating cholesterol crystals in the vitreous, developing as a secondary degenerative change.
syn·chy·sis (snk-ss, sng-)
n.
The collapse of the collagenous framework of the vitreous humor with liquefaction of the vitreous body.
synchysis
a softening or fluid condition of the vitreous body of the eye.
synchysis scintillans
floating cholesterol crystals in the vitreous, developing as a secondary degenerative change.


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