anchylosis

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Noun

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anchylosis (countable and uncountable, plural anchyloses)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) Alternative spelling of ankylosis
    • 1906, Harry Caulton Reeks, Diseases of the Horse's Foot[1]:
      The end result is one of anchylosis of the joint and permanent lameness.