Definition of "anchylosis" []

• Variant of ankylosis. (noun)

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• "The word anchylosis signifies the stiffening of a joint."
• "There are cases, however, which terminate in no more favorable a result than the union of the bones and occlusion of the joint, to form an anchylosis, which is scarcely a condition to justify a high degree of satisfaction, as it insures a permanent lameness with very little capacity for usefulness."
• "Unfortunately the art soon fell into the hands of quacks, but it was again brought within the sphere of medicine proper by Fabricius ab Aquapendente, the scholar of Fallopia, who utilized it, especially for affections of the joints, such as anchylosis and others."