See Also: Ankylosis(medicine)
Ankylosis(health)
ankylosis(dictionary)
dental ankylosis(medicine)
false ankylosis(medicine)
bony ankylosis(medicine)
spurious ankylosis(medicine)
true ankylosis(medicine)
artificial ankylosis(medicine)
fibrous ankylosis(medicine)

ankylosis (iou)



ankylosis noun. . E18.
[Greek agkulosis, from agkuloun to crook, from agkulos crooked: see -OSIS.]
The stiffening of a joint by fibrosis or by the fusion of the separate bones.