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ANKYLOSIS, or ANCYYLOSIS (from Gr. ayKVXos, bent, crooked)

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 58 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO
ANKYLOSIS, or ANCYYLOSIS (from Gr. ayKVXos, bent, crooked) , 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. When inflammation has caused the joint-ends of the bones to be fused together the ankylosis is termed osseous or
complete
 . Excision of a completely ankylosed
shoulder
  or
elbow
  may restore
free
  mobility and usefulness to the
limb
 . " Ankylosis " is also used as an anatomical
term
 , bones being said to ankylose (or anchylose) when, from being originally distinct, they coalesce, or become so joined together that no motion can take
place
  between them.


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