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Definition: Synovial |
SynovialAdjective1. Relating to or secreting synovia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression synovial.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Of pertaining to, or secreting synovia. (references) |
Medicine | Relating to the lubricating fluid in joints. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Synovial |
| English words defined with "synovial": hyaluronic acid, hydrarthrosis ♦ Serosity, Synovial capsule, synovial membrane, synovitis, synovium ♦ Thoroughpin ♦ White swelling, Windgall. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "synovial": Arthritis, Reactive, Arthritis, Rheumatoid ♦ Chondromatosis, Synovial ♦ Giant Cell Tumors ♦ Joint Capsule, Joint Loose Bodies ♦ Popliteal Cyst ♦ Synovial Cyst, synovial sheath, Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular ♦ tendon sheath. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Synovial" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (synovial), French (synovial), German (synovial). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been used to amplify genomic DNA of B. burgdorferi in skin, blood, cerobro-spinal fluid, and synovial fluid, but PCR has not been standardized for routine diagnosis of Lyme disease. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Synovial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synovial" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "synovial": synovial capsule ♦ Synovial Cyst ♦ Synovial Fluid ♦ synovial joint ♦ synovial membrane ♦ synovial sheath. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "synovial": synovial-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
synovial cyst | 79 |
synovial fluid | 35 |
synovial sarcoma | 31 |
synovial | 18 |
synovial joint | 17 |
synovial cell sarcoma | 13 |
chondromatosis synovial | 7 |
synovial membrane | 4 |
osteochondromatosis synovial | 4 |
lumbar synovial cyst | 3 |
synovial tissue | 3 |
plica synovial | 2 |
cyst spinal synovial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "synovial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | synovial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | synoviaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | synoviaalinen, nivelvoide-, nivelkalvo-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | synovial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | synovial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχετικός με το αρθρικό υγρό, αρθρικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ממשחי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | sinoviale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 滑液 (synovial fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かつえき (synovial fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynovialsay sinovial. (various references) sinovial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | synovialis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "synovial" (pronounced 'Syn*o"vi*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-o-s-v-y" | |
-1 letter: synovia. | |
-2 letters: aliyos, aloins, anvils, avions, inlays, nosily, silvan, sylvan, sylvin, vainly, vinals, vinyls, violas. | |
-3 letters: aloin, anils, anvil, avion, aviso, ayins, inlay, linos, lions, loans, loins, lysin, nails, nival, noils, noily, noisy, novas, ovals, salon, salvo, savin, savoy, silva, slain, snail, solan, sonly, sylva, vails, vials, vinal, vinas, vinos, vinyl, viola, viols. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-o-s-v-y" | |
+2 letters: insolvably, visionally. | |
+4 letters: clairvoyants, overanalysis, villainously, voluntaryism, voluntaryist. | |
+5 letters: carnivorously, clairvoyances, contrastively, convulsionary, intravenously, provisionally, voluntaryisms, voluntaryists. | |
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