ankylosis
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ankylosis
- /ˌæn.kɪˈloʊ.sɪs/ UK, US
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From Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis, “a stiffening of the joints”), from ἀγκυλόω (ankulóō, “to crook, bend”), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”). By surface analysis, ankyl- + -osis.
noun ankyloses · anchylosis · ancylosis
- The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
- The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
- An onset of stiffness or inflexibility. 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.
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noun the growing together of bones
| Español | anquilosis |
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| 日本語 | 強直 kyōchoku |
| 中文 | 骨癒合 /骨愈合 gǔ yùhé, 骨融合 gǔ rónghé |
| Português | anquilose, ancilose |
| Français | ankylose |
| Deutsch | Ankylose |
| Italiano | anchilosi |
| Ελληνικά | αγκύλωση agkýlosi |
| Русский | анкило́з ankilóz |
noun the stiffening of a joint
| 中文 | 關節僵硬 /关节僵硬, 關節強直 /关节强直 |
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