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ANKYLOSE

• ANKYLOSE (verb)
The verb ANKYLOSE has 2 senses:

1. produce ankylosis by surgery
2. undergo ankylosis

Familiarity information: ANKYLOSE used as a verb is rare.

• ANKYLOSE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Produce ankylosis by surgery

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ancylose; ankylose

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

bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)

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:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Undergo ankylosis

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ancylose; ankylose

Context example:

joints ankylose

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?

"Blood will out."
(English proverb)
"The key that is used does not rust."
(Albanian proverb)
"Advice sharpens a rusty opinion."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who wins the first hand, leaves with only his pants in hand."
(Corsican proverb)

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