Look up: ankylosis

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   Ankylosis
   bony fusion of the two surfaces of a joint to each other, which prevents movement. Ankylosis of the tooth root to its bony socket may causes root resorption.
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   ankylosis
   [n] - abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
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   Ankylosis
   Fusion of a joint by bone or a tight fibrous union, occurring as a result of a disease process, e.g. following septic arthritis (pyarthrosis), in ankylosing spondylitis, healed tuberculosis of bone etc.
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   Ankylosis
   Severe stiffness of a joint, often due to the bone surfaces forming the joint being destroyed by disease and fusing together so there is no movement in the (former) joint
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   Ankylosis
   Severe or complete loss of movement at a joint usually due to the abnormal joining of bones to each other
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   Ankylosis
   Immobility or stiffness of a joint.
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   Ankylosis
   Ankylosis: Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint.
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   ankylosis
   Fusion of bones across a joint. Complication of chronic inflammation. See ankylosing spondylitis.
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   Ankylosis
   An`ky·lo'sis noun Same as Anchylosis .
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    ankylosis
    <orthopaedics, rheumatology> Fusion of bones across a joint. Complication of chronic inflammation. ... See: ankylosing spondylitis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    ankylosis
    anchylosis noun abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
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    Ankylosis
    `Ankylosis`, or `Anchylosis` is a stiffness of a joint, the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself. When the structures outside the joint are affected, the term `false` ankylosis has been used in contradistinction to `true` ankylosis, in which the disease is within the joint. When inflammatio...
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    ankylosis
    (ang″kә-lo´sis) pl. ankylo´ses immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or surgical procedure. adj., ankylot´ic., adj. Ankylosis may be caused by destruction of the membranes that line the joint or by faulty bone structure. It is most often a result of chronic rheumatoid arthri...
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    Ankylosis
    • (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals. • (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. • (n.) Same as Anchylosis.
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    Ankylosis
    A condition where two hard tissues are fused together. When this happens to a tooth and the alveolar bone, the tooth partially erupts.
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