synovia

American  

[si-noh-vee-uh] / sɪˈnoʊ vi ə /

noun

Physiology.

1. a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.

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synovia British  

/ saɪˈnəʊvɪə, sɪ- /

noun

1. a transparent viscid lubricating fluid, secreted by the membrane lining joints, tendon sheaths, etc

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Other Word Forms

• subsynovial
  adjective
• synovial
  adjective
• synovially
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of synovia

1640–50; < New Latin, equivalent to syn- syn- + Latin ōv- (stem of ōvum egg ¹ ) + -ia -ia

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Example Sentences

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synovia

It is ordinarily unnecessary to dress foot-wounds oftener than every second week after the discharge of synovia has ceased.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

In appearance, it is not unlike the white of an egg, and hence its name synovia, or egg-like.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison

A very practical and fairly successful method of treatment consists in the aspiration of a quantity of synovia and injecting tincture of iodin.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

The articular aspect of the epiphysis is invested with a thick layer of hyaline cartilage, known as the articular cartilage, which would appear to be mainly nourished from the synovia.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

The knee-joint is filled with blood and synovia, which usually extend into the bursa under the quadriceps.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

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