14950-0
Viscosity of Synovial fluid Qualitative
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Term Description
Viscosity is commonly measured for synovial fluid or semen using a 'string test', in which drops of test fluid are expelled through a syringe needle or pipette and the extent of the trailing string is observed. Synovial fluid is very viscous due to its high concentration of polymerized hyaluronate and will form a trailing string that is a few inches long when exiting a syringe needle. Less viscous fluid may be seen with inflammation and will have a shorter string. Semen is tested in a similar manner; a normal sample leaves the needle or pipette in small drops with very little trailing thread, while a semen sample that is abnormally viscous forms a thread more than 2 cm long. A semen specimen that is more viscous than normal after liquefaction may indicate reduced sperm motility.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Viscosity
- Property
- Visc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Synv fld
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Visc Snv Ql
- Display Name
- Viscosity Ql (Syn fld)
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Viscosity, Synovial fluid
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SPEC
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 1.0k
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 8016
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
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88841-2 | Microbiology CNAMTS panel - Synovial fluid |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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de-AT | German (Austria) | Synonyms: Viskosität /PG |
es-AR | Spanish (Argentina) | viscosidad: |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Viscosidad: |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Viscosidad: |
et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Viskoossus: Synonyms: Järgarvuline Juhuslik Liigesevedelik sünoviaalvedelik Viskoossus |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Viscosité: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Viscosité: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Viscosité: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Viscosità: Synonyms: Caratteristiche campione Punto nel tempo (episodio) Viscosità |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | viscositeit: |
pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Viscosidade: Synonyms: Vicos; |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Вязкость: Synonyms: Вязкость Порядковый Синовиальная жидкость Точка во времени; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Vizkozite: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 粘性: Synonyms: 依次型; |
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