Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, the accumulation of serous liquid in a joint-cavity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

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  • noun medicine An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

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  • noun inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid

Etymologies

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hydro- +‎ arthrosis

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Examples

  • A slight degree of serous effusion into the joint (_hydrarthrosis_) often persists for some time, and tuberculous affections of joints not infrequently date from a contusion.

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893

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    Rational Review 2009

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