synovial

[English synovi ( a ); -al.) Pertaining to or consisting of synovia; secreting a lubricating fluid. There are synovial burse, capsules, folds or fringes, membranes, sheaths, . "The most serious kind of synovial enlargements."_ Field, Aug. 4, 1885. synovial-membranes, s. pl. mem Anat.: Membranes resembling serous branes; but lubricated by synovia. They surround the cavities of joints, besides existing in other directions, their function being to le en friction and facilitate motion. They are placed in three cla es-articular, vesicular, and vaginal. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. iii. syn-tër-e-sis, s . [Gr., from syntērēsed to watch closely: syn=together, and tereō =to watch.] *1. Ord. Lang.: Conscience regarded as the internal repository of the laws of right and wrong. "On her a royal damsel still attends, And faithful counsellor synteresis ." ment. Fletcher: Purple Island, vi. 2. Therapeut.: Preservative or prophylactic treat syn-tě-rět'-Ic, a. [Gr. syntērētikos.] Medicine: Pertaining to synteresis; preserving health; prophylactic. syn-të-thys, subst. [Pref. syn-, and Lat. tethys (q. v.).] syphiliphobia II. Technically : 1. Chem .: The building up of more or le complex bodies by the direct union of their elements, or of groups of elements. Thus, water can be produced synthetically by the union of two atoms of hydrogen with one atom of oxygen. 2. Logic : The method by composition, in opposition to the method of resolution or analysis. In synthesis, we reason from axioms, definitions, and already known principles, until we arrive at a desired conclusion. Of this nature are most of the proce es of geometrical reasoning. In synthesis, we ascend from particular cases to general ones; in analysis, we descend from general cases to particu lars. "Each of the words Idea, In, Mind, involves a synthesis, and the proposition-Ideas exist in mind, is a synthesis of syntheses. Pa ing from the a umption of idealism, to its argument, it might be shown that each of its syllogisms is synthesis of syntheses; and that its conclu sig is Teached by putting together many syllogisms, is a synthesis of syntheses of syntheses. Instead, then, of the realistic belief being objectionable on the ground of its synthetic nature, its superiority is, that it is le open to this objection than any other belief which can be framed." -Herbert Spencer: Principles of Psychology. 3. Surg .: The operation by which divided parts are united. *syn-the-sise, v. t . [Eng. synthes(is); -ise.] To combine or bring together, as two or more things; to unite in one.