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SYNOVITIS
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I. (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)
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