The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anchylose
Anchylose \An"chy*lose\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Anchylosed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Anchylosing.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.]
To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or
consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together
into one. [Spelt also ankylose.]
--Owen.
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Wiktionary
anchylose
vb. (alternative form of ankylose English)
Usage examples of "anchylose".
In the latter also the fibula, which is anchylosed to the end of the tibia, articulates with the calcaneum or heel-bone, which is not the case with the simple-toothed rodents.