Usually means: Joint fused, movement no longer possible.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word ankylosed:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ankylosed: Merriam-Webster
  2. ankylosed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ankylosed: Vocabulary.com
  4. ankylosed: Wordnik
  5. ankylosed: Wiktionary
  6. ankylosed: Dictionary.com
  7. ankylosed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ankylosed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ankylosed: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ankylosed)

▸ adjective:  (of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.

Similar:
ancylose, stiff, rigid, ossified, Stark, stiff as a board, stiff as a poker, stifflike, subrigid, sclerosed, more...

Opposite:
flexible, mobile, agile, supple, pliable

Phrases:
ankylosed tooth, more...

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Similar:
ancylose, stiff, rigid, ossified, Stark, stiff as a board, stiff as a poker, stifflike, subrigid, sclerosed, more...

Opposite:
flexible, mobile, agile, supple, pliable

Phrases:
ankylosed tooth, more...



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