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‖ prosphysis Path.|ˈprɒsfɪsɪs| Pl. -es |-iːz|. [mod.L., a. Gr. πρόσϕυσις a growing on or to something, an attachment, adhesion, f. πρός to + ϕύσις growth, cf. προσϕύεσθαι to grow to or upon.] An adhesion; morbid adhesion of parts.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Prosphysis, a Coalition, or growing together, as when two Fingers are connected to each other. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Adhesion, Anatomists sometimes observe prosphyses, or Adhesions of the lungs to the sides of the thorax, the pleura, and diaphragm. 1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Prosphysis, adhesion... In a more limited sense, this word means morbid adhesion of the eyelids, either between themselves, or with the globe of the eye. |