synovium

English

Etymology

Coined by Paracelsus from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ovum (“egg”), as synovial fluid resembles the consistency and appearance of eggwhite.

Noun

synovium (plural synovia)

1. The soft tissue which lines the non-cartilaginous surfaces within joints with cavities (synovial joints). It may emit a joint-lubricating fluid called synovial fluid or simply, synovia.

Related terms

• synovitis
• tenosynovitis

Translations

soft tissue within joint

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑膜 (zh) (huámó)

• Finnish: nivelkalvo (fi)
• French: membrane synoviale (fr) f
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• Japanese: 滑膜 (かつまく, katsumaku)
• Russian: синовиа́льная оболо́чка f (sinoviálʹnaja obolóčka)
• Spanish: sinovia (es) f