ankylosis

noun

(anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit. / (medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion. / (figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.

He suffers from ankylosis in his knee.

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意味（1）

(anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit.

意味（2）

(medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.

意味（3）

(figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.

Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.

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