synovia, n.
A clear, viscid lubricating fluid secreted by membranes in joint cavities, sheaths of tendons, and bursae.
synovial, adj.
The synovial sea that bathed my knees withdraws,
leaving bone nubs to clickings and collisions,
cascades of calcium, microscopic flaws.
--Anne Winters, "Villanelle"
Read at Cahiers de Corey
A clear, viscid lubricating fluid secreted by membranes in joint cavities, sheaths of tendons, and bursae.
synovial, adj.
The synovial sea that bathed my knees withdraws,
leaving bone nubs to clickings and collisions,
cascades of calcium, microscopic flaws.
--Anne Winters, "Villanelle"
Read at Cahiers de Corey
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