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  

/ sɪ-, saɪˈnəʊvɪə /

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

Etymology

Origin of synovia

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

Example Sentences

The escape of synovia should suggest the prompt use of collodion dressings to check the flow and prevent the further escape of the fluid.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Joints and tendons are furnished with sacs containing a lubricating fluid called synovia.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

A bursa is a closed sac lined by endothelium and containing synovia.

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

If the synovitis or arthritis remains non-infected and the wound, traumatic or surgical, is not too large, healing by granulation occurs, and the discharge of synovia ceases.

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

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 Lacroix, John Victor