Associations to the word «Ankylose»

Wiktionary

ANKYLOSE, verb. (transitive) (pathology) To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
ANKYLOSE, verb. (intransitive) (pathology) To suffer from ankylosis.

Dictionary definition

ANKYLOSE, verb. Produce ankylosis by surgery.
ANKYLOSE, verb. Undergo ankylosis; "joints ankylose".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King