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Strain - To wear out beyond a normal limit, often causing micro or tiny tears.

Subluxation - To partially dislocate.

Supinate - To turn, facing upward. (When you collect change at the tollbooth, you supinate your palm.)

Surgery - The branch of medicine where physical deformity or disease is treated by an operative procedure.

Suture - Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (vicryl and chromic).

Syndrome - A set of symptoms that characterize a disorder or disease.

Synovial Membrane - A thin tissue that lines the capsule surrounding the joint.

Synovitis - Inflammation of a synovial membrane. It is usually painful, particularly on motion and is characterized by a fluctuating swelling due to effusion within a synovial sac.