synovial membrane

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   a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid

   Synonymssynovium

   Broadermembrane

Questions about synovial membrane

What does synovial membrane mean?

synovial membrane means "a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid".

What is another word for synovial membrane?

Close synonyms include synovium. 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 membrane a common word?

synovial membrane 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.