anchylose
verb
a former spelling of ankylose
anchylosis
-
a word derived from
anchylose.
Example Sentences
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The word anchylosis signifies the stiffening of a joint.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
Great care in the after-treatment is required to prevent undue shortening of the limb, or in the event of a cure to secure the most favourable position for the anchylosis.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
In the finbacks the cervical vertebræ are, as a rule, all distinct and free, although occasionally anchylosis may take place between two or more of them.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Stiff joints are occasioned by anchylosis, or the deposit of calcareous or osseous matter within the ligament or around the head of the bone, which latter defect is known as ring-bone in the horse.
From The Dog by William Youatt
The concurrence of these conditions leads in time to great increase in size of the parts, together with increasing anchylosis and deformity.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
