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synovectomy /syn·o·vec·to·my/ (sin″o-vek´tah-me) excision of a synovial membrane.

radiation synovectomy synoviorthesis.

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Excision of part or all of the synovial membrane of a joint. Also called villusectomy.

synovectomy

[sin′ōvek′təmē]

Etymology: Gk, syn + L, ovum, egg; Gk, ektomē, excision

the removal of a synovial membrane of a joint.

synovectomy [sin″o-vek´tah-me]

excision of a synovial membrane, as of that lining the capsule of the knee joint, sometimes done in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

radiation synovectomy synoviorthesis.

synovectomy

excision of a synovial membrane, as of that lining the capsule of the knee joint.

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