HYDRARTHROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrarthrosis mean? 

• HYDRARTHROSIS (noun)
  The noun HYDRARTHROSIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid

  Familiarity information: HYDRARTHROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDRARTHROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hydrarthrosis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydrarthrosis"):

water on the knee (hydrarthrosis affecting the knee)