ANKYLOSIS


Meaning of ANKYLOSIS in English

/ ˌæŋkɪˈləʊsɪs; NAmE -ˈloʊ-/ noun

[ U ] ( medical ) a disease that causes one or more of the joints of the body to join together and become stiff

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: from Greek ankulōsis , from ankuloun to crook, from ankulos crooked.

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