SYNOVITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synovitis mean? 

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

1. inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNOVITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("synovitis" 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 "synovitis"):

tendonous synovitis; tendosynovitis; tenosynovitis (inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath)

 Context examples 

A chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by hyperostosis, osteitis, synovitis and palmoplantar pustulosis.

(Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels; of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon; the neuroocular form may cause blindness and death; synovitis, thrombophlebitis, gastrointestinal ulcerations, retinal vasculitis, and optic atrophy may occur as well.

(Behcet syndrome, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)