Obs. Anglicized form of SYNOVIA. (Cf. F. synovie.)
1684. W. Russell, Phys. Treatise, 92. In every true Gout … the tormenting Pain thereof is only in the Joynt-Water, or Synovy between the Joynts.
1824. R. Boyce, Fam. Surg., 28. To stop Synovy, or Joint Oil [in Horses].
