Anchylosis

Definition: Anchylosis

1. Abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint.

Date "anchylosis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Synonym: ankylosis (n). (additional references)

English words defined with "anchylosis": Anchylose, Anchylotic. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The anchylosis of death had seized him in that narrow wooden box.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language		Translations for "anchylosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏أنشوفي. (various references)

Bulgarian		анкилоз. (various references)

Hungarian		ízületmerevség. (various references)

Manx		taah (adhere, cement, coalesce, coalescence, concrete, conjugate; conjugation, conjunction, filling, set, solder, soldering, splice, sweat, weld, welding), sniemmey (alligation, joining, knit, knot, knotting, noose, tie; knitting, tying). (various references)

Pig Latin		anchylosisay.(various references)

Portuguese		anquilose, ancilose (ankylosis). (various references)

Russian		анкилоз (ankylosis). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ankiloza. (various references)

Spanish		anquilosis (ankylosis). (various references)

Ukrainian		анкілоз (ankylosis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-l-n-o-s-s-y"
	-2 letters: acyloins, cyanosis, halcyons.
	-3 letters: acyloin, alnicos, caisson, casinos, cassino, clayish, halcyon, hyalins, lashins, lochans, lychnis, oilcans, scholia, socials, syconia.
	-4 letters: aliyos, alnico, aloins, assoil, cansos, casino, chains, chinas, chinos, classy, colins, cosily, coyish, hyalin, hysons, inlays, laichs, linacs, lochan, lochia, lysins, nachos, nicols, nosily, oilcan, salons, scions, shoals, shoaly, sloshy, snails, social, solans.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-l-n-o-s-s-y"
	+3 letters: cytochalasins.
	+4 letters: psychoanalysis, sycophantishly.
	+5 letters: cholestyramines.
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