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