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Definition of ankylosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ankylosis

noun
 
/ˌæŋkɪˈləʊsɪs/
 
/ˌæŋkɪˈləʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a disease that causes one or more of the joints of the body to join together and become stiff
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Greek ankulōsis, from ankuloun ‘to crook’, from ankulos ‘crooked’.
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