synovial
Britishadjective
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The teenager from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, had been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in early 2020 after she suddenly struggled to walk.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Isobel had synovial sarcoma - a type of cancer that develops in cells around joints and tendons - which the family had never heard of.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Once thought to exist only in bony vertebrates, these so-called synovial joints actually evolved in the much older ancestor of cartilaginous and bony fish, researchers reported earlier this month in a preprint on bioRxiv.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024
The new synovium-on-a-chip model is a three-dimensional microfluidic device that contains human synovial cells and blood vessel cells.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023
“That is the safe way. The foreign bodies must be allowed to en-cyst and the synovial fluid will re-form. Then it will be safe to open up the knee.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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