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

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 Miles, Alexander

The horizontal ramus, long, straight, and compressed, gradually narrows towards the symphysis, where it expands laterally to form with the ankylosed opposite ramus the wide, semicircular, shallow alveolar border for the incisor teeth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

"Well," said Jervis, "it might have been a peculiar finger; a finger, for instance, with some characteristic deformity such as an ankylosed joint, which would be easy to identify."

From The Eye of Osiris by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)

If there is a combination of flexion and genu valgum, the knee-joint should be resected and ankylosed in the straight position.

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

Distal processes small and firmly ankylosed to distal end of shaft....

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

The ankle-joint is ankylosed, and there is a large sequestrum in the calcaneus.

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

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

For example, an early Humira patent, which expired in 2016, claimed that the drug could treat a condition known as ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints, among other diseases.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

Diagnosed with a rare type of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis, she had extensive surgery to straighten her right leg in 2018.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2020

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 Thomson, Alexis