ankylosis

ankylosis

, anchylosis

abnormal adhesion or immobility of the bones in a joint, as by a direct joining of the bones, a fibrous growth of tissues within the joint, or surgery

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ankylosis

[‚aŋ·kə′lō·səs]

Also spelled anchylosis.

(medicine)

Stiffness or immobilization of a joint due to a surgical or pathologic process.

(physics)

The loss by a system of one or more degrees of freedom through development of one or more frictional constraints.

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