ankylosis
Noun
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Noun
ankylosis
- (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.
- French: ankylose
- German: Ankylose
- Italian: anchilosi
- Portuguese: anquilose, ancilose
- Russian: анкило́з
- Spanish: anquilosis
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