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

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

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson

It may even be entirely overlooked during the active stage, and only noticed when the head of the femur is found dislocated, or the joint ankylosed.

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

Secretions have been changed, the         structure has been renewed, shortened limbs have been 162:21 elongated, ankylosed joints have been made supple, and         carious bones have been restored to healthy conditions.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

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

From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays 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

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

Q: My doctor prescribed Humira for ankylosing spondylitis, and I took it for several years.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 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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