Definition of "ankylosing" []

• Present participle of ankylose. (verb)

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• "A guy shouted: "It's called ankylosing spondylitis"; turned out he had it."
• "I work in a hospital and in my job I meet a lot of people with a degenerative condition called ankylosing spondylitis."
• "January 11th, 2010 LONDON - In a new study, researchers have discovered two new genes that are implicated in a spine-fusing type of arthritis, called ankylosing spondylitis (AS)."