Path. [L. SYNOVIA + -ITIS.] Inflammation of a synovial membrane.
1835–6. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 162/2. Acute synovitis of the ankle-joint.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 775. That the pain of synovitis is caused by the distension of the fibrous elements of the joint is generally admitted.
