Synovial fluid
Liquor synovialis
- Latin synonym: Synovia
Definition
The secretion of the synovial membrane is thick, viscid, and glairy, like the white of an egg, and is hence termed synovial fluid (synovia).
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
