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Definition of synovial fluid
: a transparent viscid lubricating fluid secreted by a membrane of an articulation, bursa, or tendon sheath
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Recent Examples on the Web The authors think that the peptidoglycan remains in synovial fluid after the pathogen is gone.
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Linda Carroll, NBC News, "Possible clue to Lyme arthritis found in patients' inflamed joints," 18 June 2019 Osteoarthritis is chronic joint inflammation that causes damage to articular cartilage – which covers and protects the ends of bones – as well as changes to synovial fluid and narrowing of the joint space.
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Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, "A painful truth: One-fifth of dogs, many cats develop osteoarthritis," 30 May 2018 Where the two bones of the finger meet, a little lake of synovial fluid keeps them from grinding on each other.
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Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, "Why Do Cracking Knuckles Make That Noise? You Might Need a Calculator," 29 Mar. 2018 But the problem is the drugs are cleared fairly quickly, because there’s an efficient drainage system for the joint’s synovial fluid.
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Megan Thielking, STAT, "Drug-loaded hydrogel responds to arthritis flare-ups in real time," 3 Apr. 2018 The bones in the MCP joint touch and separate all the time, leading to reduced pressure in the synovial fluid trapped in the spaces, which in turn forms bubbles.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "Why Does Cracking Your Knuckles Make So Much Noise? Science Finally Has an Answer," 29 Mar. 2018 This is a common condition in which the knee’s natural lubricant, called synovial fluid, diminishes with age, resulting in painful friction of the knee joints.
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Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, "Avoid knee surgery with cutting-edge therapies," 14 Mar. 2018 There's a liquid called synovial fluid that acts as lubricant between your joints and the fluid has all types of gas in it, like oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide.
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Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, "The Scientific Reason Behind Every Weird Sound Your Body Makes," 26 Oct. 2017
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