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synovia

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Noun
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syn=o=vi=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

synovian. [NL., perhaps fr. Gr. sy`n with + L. ovum egg: cf. F. synovie.].
     A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

synovia, n. Physiol. a viscous fluid lubricating joints and tendon sheaths.

Idiom
synovial membrane a dense membrane of connective tissue secreting synovia.
Derivative
synovial adj.
Etymology
mod.L, formed prob. arbitrarily by Paracelsus

ROGET THESAURUS

synovia

Lubrication

N lubrication, smoothness, unctuousness, lubrication, lubrification, anointment, oiling, synovia, glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease, saliva, lather, teflon, lubricated, lubricous.


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