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abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
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Ankylosis, or Anchylosis is a stiffness of a joint, the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself. When the structures outside the joint are affected, the term "false" ankylosis has been used in contradistinction to "true "ankylosis, in which the disease is within the joint. ...
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Fixation of a joint, often in an abnormal position, such as occurs in rheumatoid arthritis (from the Greek word agkylosis meaning bent condition)
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Fixation of a joint leading to immobility, due to ossification or bony deposits of calcium at joints.
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