Definition of Synovial fluid

1. Noun. Viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc..

Exact synonyms: Synovia
Generic synonyms: Secretion
Terms within: Hyaluronic Acid
Derivative terms: Synovial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synovial Fluid

synopsizing
synoptic
synoptic climatology
synoptical
synoptically
synorogenic
synosteoses
synosteosis
synosteotic
synostoses
synostosis
synovectomies
synovectomy
synovia
synovial
synovial fluid (current term)
synovial joint
synovial membrane
synovial membranes
synovias
synoviocyte
synoviocytes
synoviopathy
synovitides
synovitis
synovitises
synovium
synpelmous
synperiplanar
synpetalous

Literary usage of Synovial fluid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1876)
"... peritoneal and pleural secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mechanism of the secretion of ..."

2. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... and pleural secretions—Quantity of the serous secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mucous membranes covered with pavement-epithelium—Mucous ..."

3. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... tions—Quantity of the serous secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mucous membranes covered with pavement-epithelium—Mucous membranes covered ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1901)
"The synovial fluid, though not a lymph in the narrower sense of the term, ... Quantitatively the composition of the synovial fluid varies with exercise and ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: For Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"The synovial fluid, though not a lymph in the narrower sense of the term, ... Quantitatively the composition of the synovial fluid varies with exercise and ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"The synovial membranes were normal, but there was some excess of synovial fluid. Fig. 1. There were similar changes in the hip, elbow, knee, ankle, ..."

7. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1876)
"... peritoneal and pleural secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mechanism of the secretion of ..."

8. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... and pleural secretions—Quantity of the serous secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mucous membranes covered with pavement-epithelium—Mucous ..."

9. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"... tions—Quantity of the serous secretions—synovial fluid—Mucus—Mucous membranes—Mucous membranes covered with pavement-epithelium—Mucous membranes covered ..."

10. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1901)
"The synovial fluid, though not a lymph in the narrower sense of the term, ... Quantitatively the composition of the synovial fluid varies with exercise and ..."

11. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"A quantity of thick synovial fluid escaped when the sac was opened. ... A portion of the tissue from the joint and some of the synovial fluid was examined ..."

12. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: For Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"The synovial fluid, though not a lymph in the narrower sense of the term, ... Quantitatively the composition of the synovial fluid varies with exercise and ..."

13. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"Third stage, subsidence of the periarticular swelling; disappearance of the increase of synovial fluid; cessation of destruction; increase in production ..."

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