synovial

1. 1.

   relating to or secreting synovia

Questions about synovial

What does synovial mean?

synovial means "relating to or secreting synovia".

How many syllables are in synovial?

synovial has 4 syllables: sy-no-vi-al. The stress falls on "vi".

Is synovial a common word?

synovial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.