ANKYLOSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they ankylose ... he / she / it ankyloses

Past simple: ankylosed

Past participle: ankylosed

-ing form: ankylosing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo ankylosis

Example:

joints ankylose

Synonyms:

ancylose; ankylose

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "ankylose" is one way to...):

grow (increase in size by natural process)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

Did his feet ankylose?

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