2. Adjective. Stiffened or inflexible, with regard to the bones or joints; figuratively, stiff, cramped, rigid. ¹
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Definition of Ankylosed
1. ankylose [v] - See also: ankylose
Medical Definition of Ankylosed
1. Stiffened; bound by adhesions; denoting a joint in a state of ankylosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankylosed
Literary usage of Ankylosed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"104) in which only two digits are functionally developed ; and as the metacarpals
are very long, and closely pressed together (though not ankylosed), ..."
2. A Text-book of the science and art of obstetrics by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1907)
"To this class belong, 1, the ankylosed transversely contracted peli is and, 2,
the kyphotic pelvis, to which is nearly related, 3, the funnel-shaped ..."
3. A Treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet by A. A. Marks (1896)
"Extended and ankylosed Stumps.—If there is any indication that No. 1159. No. ...
A stump below the knee extended and ankylosed as represented in Cuts Nos. ..."
4. Clinical Surgery: Extracts from the Reports of Surgical Practice Between the by Theodor Billroth, Clinton Thomas Dent (1881)
"Cases of . ankylosed hip ; treatment by osteotomy and fracturing neck of femur.
... Cases of ankylosed knee ; treated by forcible extension ; bj osteotomy. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Then corne eleven vertebra;, in front of the free caudal, that have short ribs ;
the first two pairs are ankylosed already, then four pairs are distinct, ..."
6. The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology. by Robert Bentley Todd (1859)
"the ankylosed side than on the otlu-r. TW. the walls of the pelvic cavil v converge
... sciatic tuberosity, and the act-tabulu.n oí ir ankylosed side, ..."
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