[syn: ankylose, ancylose]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anchylose \An"chy*lose\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Anchylosed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Anchylosing.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.]
To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or
consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together
into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] --Owen.
[1913 Webster] ankylosis
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ankylose \An"ky*lose\, v. t. & i.
Same as Anchylose.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ankylose
v 1: produce ankylosis by surgery [syn: ankylose, ancylose]
2: undergo ankylosis; "joints ankylose" [syn: ankylose,
ancylose]