A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.
pros'-fi-sis, n. morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. [Gr.]
In a more limited sense, this word means morbid adhesion of the eyelids, either between themselves, or with the globe of the eye; Ankylobleph'aron.