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anchylosis

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an·chy·lo·sis   (āng'kə-lō'sĭs)   
n.  Variant of ankylosis.
an·ky·lo·sis also an·chy·lo·sis   (āng'kə-lō'sĭs)   
n.  

  1. Anatomy The consolidation of bones or their parts to form a single unit.

  2. Pathology The stiffening and immobility of a joint as the result of disease, trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion.


[New Latin, from Greek ankulōsis, stiffening of the joints, from ankuloun, to crook, bend, from ankulos, crooked, bent.]
an'ky·lot'ic (-lŏt'ĭk) adj.
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anchylosis

noun
abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint [syn: ankylosis] 
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