Path. [mod. L., f. Gr. ούν SYM- + βλέφαρον eyelid.] Adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball.
1819. S. Cooper, First Lines Surg. (ed. 4), I. 433. Concretions of the eyelids…. One, termed symblepharon, in which the inner lining of one or both eyelids has become adherent to the eyeball.
1875. H. Walton, Dis. Eye, 468. Where the palpebral and ocular conjunctiva are cut through, these are apt to unite and produce symblepharon.
