synovial joint

Questions about synovial joint

What does synovial joint mean?

synovial joint means "a joint so articulated as to move freely".

What is another word for synovial joint?

Close synonyms include articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is synovial joint a common word?

synovial joint 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.