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'''Synechia''' is the medical name for an adhesion in any | '''Synechia''' is the medical name for an adhesion between body parts in any area of the body that are not normally adherent . The plural is '''synechiae'''. The word comes to us from Greek.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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There are some synechiae that are natural. Baby boys are born with the inner foreskin fused with the glans penis by a synechial membrane that is common to both parts.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis | |||
|journal=Anat Rec | |||
|date=1933 | |||
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|pages=387-99 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/ | |||
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|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409 | |||
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}}</ref> The synechial membrane gradually breaks down and releases the foreskin so it can be retracted. About 50 percent of boys can retract their foreskin by age 10.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|coauthors=Meyhoff HH | |||
|title=Phimosis: pathological or physiological? | |||
|journal=Ugeskr Læge | |||
|date=2005 | |||
|volume=167 | |||
|issue=17 | |||
|pages=1858-62 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/thorvaldsen1/ | |||
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