ankylose

American  

[ang-kuh-lohs] / ˈæŋ kəˌloʊs /

verb (used with or without object)

ankylosed, ankylosing

1. to unite or grow together, as the bones of a joint or the root of a tooth and its surrounding bone.

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ankylose British  

/ ˈæŋkɪˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz /

verb

1. (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis

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Etymology

Origin of ankylose

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from ankylosis

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Example Sentences

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ankylose ankylosed ankylosing

If the paralysis is widely distributed, and the joints are flail-like, it is better to ankylose the ankle and mid-tarsal joints.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The greatest disability he suffered at the time of applying for a pension resulted from an ankylosed knee.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

I was in the act of reaching out a porcupine with an ankylosed knee-joint, when he plucked up courage to say frankly, 'The fact is, I am principally interested in human skeletons.'

From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

The patient was a boy of twelve, whose right knee was ankylosed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

In cases of mal-union, especially when the bones are ankylosed to one another across the interosseous space, operation may be necessary, but it is neither easy in its performance nor always satisfactory in its results.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The ulna is complete and much larger than in any of the Equidae, while it is more slender than in most of the true Palaeotheria; it is fixedly united, but not ankylosed, with the radius.

From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley

Disturbances to this tightly orchestrated process are responsible for features of diseases such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, which show excessive bone breakdown, or ankylosing spondylitis, where abnormal bone growth occurs.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Barber explained that he lives with a rare, debilitating and “dangerous” form of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis, which prevents him from sitting in or rising from low chairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

It took a year and half to get a clear diagnosis: ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine and joints.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

The ankylosing type of chronic arthritis is fortunately much rarer than those described above, and is chiefly met with in the joints of the fingers and toes and in those of the vertebral column.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

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