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Definition of
ankylosis noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
ankylosis
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌæŋkɪˈloʊsɪs
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
medical
)
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a disease that causes one or more of the joints of the body to join together and become stiff
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