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Examples of synovitis in a Sentence
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This includes osteomyelitis, toxic synovitis, and sacroiliitis.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
The symptoms, according to visits with several doctors, were consistent with transient synovitis, which can cause a pain in the hip after a viral infection.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
The baseball player had missed eight games to be with his family after Max was diagnosed with transient synovitis (also known as irritable hip) and Guillain-Barre syndrome in July.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
According to the mom of three's Instagram story, their son was diagnosed with transient synovitis, which is a condition also known as irritable hip.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Schröder had been dealing with right Achilles soreness, Smith with right hip synovitis and Finney-Smith with a left knee effusion.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
Beauchesne nearly didn't play because of a bout with toxic synovitis, which causes pain in joints, a few days earlier.
—Matt Goul, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2020
The study involved 140 middle-aged and older adults (average age 58) who had pain and inflammation, called synovitis, from knee osteoarthritis.
—Linda Searing, Washington Post, 20 May 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1836, in the meaning defined above
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“Synovitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synovitis. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
synovitis
noun
sy·no·vi·tis
ˌsī-nə-ˈvīt-əs
: inflammation of a synovial membrane usually with pain and swelling of the joint
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