What's the difference between synovia and synovial?
Synovia
Definition:
(n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the synovia, size and number of the multinuclear giant cells are less pronounced.
(2) Species-specific proteins identified in these mycoplasmas and the 41 kDa protein of M. synoviae were purified by preparative SDS-PAGE in amounts sufficient for further characterization and for use in serodiagnostic tests.
(3) M. synoviae was isolated from five of 16 Merriam's wild turkeys trapped in Arizona.
(4) Tracheal cultures were negative for all pathogenic Mycoplasma spp., including M. gallisepticum, M. synoviae, M. meleagridis, and M. iowae.
(5) It is concluded that the cases described are similar to avian infectious synovitis syndrome caused by M. synoviae previously described overseas.
(6) Significantly less or equivocal staining was noted in OA and normal human synovia.
(7) The findings of 38 biopsies of the synovial lining are as follows: In 18 cases LAD tears, in 15 cases foreign body reactions with wear particles and an instance of lymphocytic infiltration of the synovia was seen.
(8) Mycoplasmas and acholeplasmas belonging to more than eight serogroups were cultured from 68 of them, and comprised 12 M anatis, one M columbinasale, two M gallinaceum, two M gallinarum, nine M synoviae, three unidentified Mycoplasma species, 37 Acholeplasma laidlawii and one unclassified acholeplasma belonging to each of serogroups 7 and 8.
(9) Mycoplasma gallisepticum antiserum cross-reacted with M synoviae polypeptides in ELISA and TA immunoblots.
(10) Immunofluorescence and flow cytometric methods were examined to detect and distinguish Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae.
(11) Treatment of experimentally infected eggs and eggs laid by infected flocks with 2.5 mg. of tylosin tartrate in the aircell on the ninth day of incubation resulted in the elimination of Mycoplasma synoviae.
(12) M. synoviae was shown to be cytophilic for the chick cell membranes where the mycoplasmas reproduced and formed microcolonies which, on successive days, increased in size.
(13) An immunobinding assay capable of distinguishing among Mycoplasma synoviae, M. gallisepticum, M. gallopavonis, and M. meleagridis was developed.
(14) Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS; scleroderma) is a multisystem disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and degeneration of the integument, with similar changes and vascular lesions in the heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and synovia.
(15) Four cases in which contact infection was experimentally induced in broilers by Mycoplasma synoviae (M.s.)
(16) During the first days in culture the adherent cells from rheumatic synovia produced higher amounts of prostanoids, especially the proinflammatory and immunosuppressive prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), than cells originating from non-inflamed synovia.
(17) Twenty-six IgG-secreting and eight IgM-secreting hybridomas were derived from the synovia of two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
(18) Synovia from four patients without arthritis were negative (three autopsy specimens and one post-traumatic sample).
(19) The immunoperoxidase technique was proved to be a specific and reliable method for the identification of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae.
(20) Results of in vitro studies showed that 10 ppm of BHT in Mycoplasma medium prevented growth of each of the six Mycoplasma synoviae (Ms) isolates.
Synovial
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Irrespective of the type of arthropathy, synovial fluid dialysable hydroxyproline levels correlate with urinary hydroxyproline excretion.
(2) The concentrations of five normally occurring protease inhibitors in serum and synovial fluid were compared in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, and normal controls.
(3) Interleukin-1 activity was found in all tested synovial fluids.
(4) These views are very practical for inferior synovial cavity arthrograms performed in the dental operatory since panoramic radiographic machines have become common in modern dental practices.
(5) Cell culture experiments showed that CA III induced a 2- to 11-fold increase in [14C]HA synthesis by human synovial fibroblasts (SF) in a dose-dependent manner (P less than 0.001); erythrocyte CA I and CA II were inactive.
(6) Conditioned medium was concentrated 10-fold and placed on cultures of rabbit synovial fibroblasts along with an inducer of collagenase (phorbol myristate acetate or latex particles) and [3H]leucine.
(7) anti-IgE antibodies, rheumatoid factors and anticollagen antibodies, were also higher in synovial fluid than predicted.
(8) Control fluids of posttraumatic effusions were negative; among the other controls synovial fluid from 1 psoriatic arthritis patient reacted positively.
(9) Peak synovial fluid concentrations were greater than 60% of peak serum concentrations with all drugs tested and there was adequate inhibitory activity against bacteria commonly causing arthritis.
(10) Isolates obtained in 1954-55 were generally more pathogenic for the synovial membranes than those obtained in 1969-73.
(11) The synovial fluid had a normal cell count with a mononuclear cell predominance.
(12) Differentiation from synovial or ganglion cysts of the spine is discussed.
(13) This paper reports on the incorporation of acid phosphatase histochemistry with a quantitative technique designed to measure the percentage of histochemically-localized enzyme-reactive cells found in adjuvant arthritic articular cartilage, synovial membrane and bone marrow.
(14) In contrast to conventionally induced collagen arthritis (CIA), the inflammatory infiltrates, filling joint spaces and synovial tissue, were extensively dominated by polymorphonuclear cells, whereas macrophage-like cells expressing class II molecules and a few T cells were seen only in the periphery of the developing pannus.
(15) Also, a significant reduction in synovial fluid PMN number and synovial fluid PMN elastase concentration (elastase-alpha 1-proteinase complex) was found after treatment.
(16) Therefore, a modified sandwich ELISA was developed to measure IL-1ra protein concentration in synovial fluids.
(17) Paired synovial fluid (SF) samples obtained from the knees of 12 arthritis patients were studied to establish a relation between parameters of local inflammatory activity and SF interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels.
(18) Phagocytosis by normal peripheral blood neutrophils was decreased equally and significantly in all synovial fluids.
(19) Fibrin deposits on rheumatoid synovial membranes and fibrinogen-antigenic material in rheumatoid synovial fluid were found to be identical by crossed immunoelectrophoresis into immunoglobulin against fibrinogen, by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and by gel filtration on Sepharose CL 6B.
(20) In contrast to PBL, lymphocytes isolated from the synovial membranes (SML) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and their culture supernatants were able to stimulate C2 synthesis without exposure to mitogens or antigens.