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

In addition to aspirating synovia, the introduction of equal parts of alcohol and tincture of iodin into the theca is necessary.

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

In singular instances, no synovia is to be aspirated with the needle, and in such cases the amount of iodin injected needs be increased, possibly twenty-five per cent., as experience will indicate.

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

Symptomatology.—The pathognomonic symptoms of the existence of an open joint is the exposure to view of articular surfaces of bones or noting the escape of synovia from the joint capsule.

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

The injection of this solution seems to retard the excessive secretion of synovia.

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

Penetration of the joint may sometimes be recognised by the escape of synovia from the wound, or the synovial layer or articular cartilage may be exposed.

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

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