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🦴 To become stiff 🦴 To fuse bones
to ankylose

to ankylose

9.9
Make a joint stiff by making its bones grow together
  • verb
  • /ˈæŋkɪloʊz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anquilosar
  • The surgeon had to ankylose the damaged joint to restore the patient's mobility.

Examples

  • In rare cases, doctors intentionally ankylose a joint to relieve severe chronic pain.

  • The procedure will ankylose the joint to improve stability.

  • After the infection, the only option was to ankylose the knee surgically.

  • The doctor will ankylose the joint to relieve pain.

  • After the accident, the doctor decided to ankylose the patient's elbow to prevent further pain.

  • In some cases of arthritis, surgeons might ankylose a joint to enhance its stability.

  • The surgeon recommended to ankylose the hip joint to improve the patient's quality of life.

Synonyms

to ancylose
vsto ankylose
  • Specialized
9.9

To make a joint stiff by joining its bones so it cannot move

focuses mainly on making bones fuse by surgical means

How Stiff

to ankylose
  • Specialized
9.9
to stiffen
25 3.7
to loosen
88 1.0
to relax
78 1.0

Surface Forms

ankylose infinitive
ankyloosed past
ankyloosed past participle
ankyloosing present participle
ankylooses third person singular

Morphology

ankylose = ankyl + ose

The term 'ankylose' is derived from medical terminology and does not transparently relate to common English words, making it opaque for learners.

Etymology

Ankylose comes from an old Greek word ankylos meaning 'bent' or 'stiff'. So to ankylose a joint (for example by surgery) is to make it 'stiff' or 'fused' on purpose, often to stop pain.