SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synovial membrane mean? 

• SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE (noun)
  The noun SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE has 1 sense:

1. a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid

  Familiarity information: SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

synovial membrane; synovium

Hypernyms ("synovial membrane" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

 Context examples 

A benign neoplasm arising from the synovial membrane.

(Benign Synovial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute inflammation of a synovial membrane.

(Acute Synovitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A noninflammatory degenerative joint disease occurring chiefly in older persons, characterised by degeneration of the articular cartilage, hypertrophy of bone at the margins and changes in the synovial membrane.

(Osteoarthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A small blood vessel branch arising opposite of the back of the knee joint from the popliteal artery and supplies the ligaments and synovial membrane in the interior of the articulation.

(Azygos Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)