ankylosis
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis, “a stiffening of the joints”), from ἀγκυλόειν (ankulóein, “to crook, bend”), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”). By surface analysis, ankyl- + -osis.
Noun
[edit]ankylosis (countable and uncountable, plural ankyloses)
- (anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
- (medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
- (figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.
- 1914, Brand Whitlock, Forty Years of It[1], introduction:
- Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- arthrodesis (syndesis) (artificial ankylosis)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the growing together of bones
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the stiffening of a joint
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an onset of stiffness or inflexibility
Further reading
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ankylosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “ankylosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ankylosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
