Category: S

To make a chemical compound from its separate components. Process of building up, producing.  

A tumour in a synovial membrane. A tumor arising from a synovial membrane.  

A space inside a synovial joint.  

A surgical operation to remove the synovial membrane of a joint. The surgical removal of the membrane, called the synovial membrane, that lines the inside of a movable joint. Synovectomy is performed, usually through an arthroscope, to treat recurrent synovitis, which is an inflammation of the synovial membrane. The surgery may be performed to treat…

The fusing of two bones together by the formation of new bone tissue. The joining by ossification of two adjacent bones. It occurs, for example, at the sutures between the bones of the skull. The term applied to a union by bony material of adjacent bones which are normally separate. A rticulaion by osseous tissue…

Fused together with new bone tissue.  

An instrument used to correct a squint. An apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of strabismus.  

A condition in which the iris sticks to another part of the eye. Adhesion between the iris and the cornea (anterior synechia) or between the iris and the lens (posterior synechia), developing as a result of trauma or surgery to the eye or as a complication of cataract or glaucoma. Treatment depends on the cause;…

A joint where the bones are tightly linked by ligaments. Articulation in which the bones are held together by fibrous connective tissue. An immovable joint in which the bones are separated by connective tissue. An example is the articulation between the bases of the tibia and fibula. An articulation in which the bones are united…

A branch of medicine which studies joints. The branch of anatomy dealing with joints and their components. The study of the ligaments, joints, their movements, and their disorders.