ankylose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of ankylose
First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from ankylosis
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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
Arthroplasty.—Murphy of Chicago devised this operation for restoring movement to an ankylosed joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
In the horse the costiform processes of the fifth and sixth lumbar vertebræ articulate, and are sometimes ankylosed, one with the other; the terminal ones articulate with the base of the sacrum.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
After a straightening by frame treatment, the boy's spine had been ankylosed by an operation; and as every one felt sorry for the little fellow, we were often able to send him gifts.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
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
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
She was diagnosed at 15 with ankylosing spondylitis, a condition that causes bone fractures and sometimes requires her to use a wheelchair.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
She has two chronic inflammatory conditions, irritable bowel disease and ankylosing spondylitis, and her son has Crohn’s disease.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 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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