white swelling

Noun

countable uncountable

(pathology) A disease of the joints, especially the knee, in which the synovial membrane undergoes pulpy degeneration.

Japanese Meaning

（病理）関節、特に膝に生じる疾患。滑膜が果肉状に変性し、白く腫れる状態を示す。

The surgeon suspected white swelling after observing gelatinous degeneration of the patient's synovial membrane in the painful, swollen knee.

外科医は、痛みと腫れがある患者の膝で滑膜が粥状に変性しているのを確認し、滑膜が粥状に変性する関節疾患を疑った。

Sense（1）

(pathology) A disease of the joints, especially the knee, in which the synovial membrane undergoes pulpy degeneration.

white swellings

（ plural ）