(transitive, pathology) To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis. / (intransitive, pathology) To suffer from ankylosis.

simple past tense and past participle of ankylose

(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible. / (figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ankylose

present participle of ankylose

(medicine) A particular arthritis disease that affects usually the joints between vertebrae and the sacroiliac joint.