ankylose

ankylose

See also: ankylosé

English

Etymology

Back-formation from ankylosis; compare also diagnose.

Verb

ankylose (third-person singular simple present ankyloses, present participle ankylosing, simple past and past participle ankylosed)

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

Translations

to cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis

Catalan: anquilosar (ca) French: ankyloser (fr) Italian: anchilosare (it) Portuguese: anquilosar (pt) Spanish: anquilosar (es)

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French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: ankylosent, ankyloses

Noun

ankylose f (plural ankyloses)

1. (pathology) ankylosis

Verb

ankylose

1. inflection of ankyloser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ankylose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.