Usually means: Fusion of bones, restricting movement.
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  1. ankylosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. ankylosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ankylosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ankylosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ankylosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. ankylosis: Wordnik
  7. ankylosis: Wiktionary
  8. ankylosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ankylosis (anchylosis): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ankylosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ankylosis: Dictionary.com
  12. Ankylosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ankylosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ankylosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ankylosis: Rhymezone
  16. Ankylosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ankylosis: FreeDictionary.org
  18. ankylosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. ankylosis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. ankylosis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. ankylosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ankylosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ankylosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Ankylosis: Merck Manuals
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  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  9. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  10. ankylosis: Medical dictionary
  11. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  12. Ankylosis: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ankylosis)

noun:  (anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
noun:  (medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
noun:  (figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.

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