Ankylosis

Ankylosis

Ankylosis, or Anchylosis (from Greek αγκυλος, bent, crooked) is 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.

See also

*Ankylosing Spondylitis
*Osteoarthritis
*Rheumatoid Arthritis
*Reiter's Syndrome

References


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  • Ankylosis — An ky*lo sis, n. Same as {Anchylosis}. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ankylōsis — (v. gr.), krankhafter Zustand der Gelenke, mit völlig aufgehobener Beweglichkeit u. Verwachsung der Gelenkflächen mit einander, od. der Bänder (wahre A.); od. ohne Verwachsung, durch in der Gelenkhöhle selbst, meist jedoch in den sie umgebenden… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ankylosis — Ankylosis, die gehemmte oder gänzlich aufgehobene Beweglichkeit eines Gelenkes; sie heißt die wahre, wenn die Flächen der beiden Gelenkknochen mit einander verwachsen sind und ist dann in der Regel unheilbar; die falsche, wenn die Gelenkbänder… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • ankylosis — (n.) stiffening of joints after injury or surgery, alternative (and more etymological) spelling of ANCHYLOSIS (Cf. anchylosis) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ankylosis — Stiffening or fixation of a joint as the result of a disease process, with fibrous or bony union across the joint. [G. a., stiffening of a joint] artificial a. SYN: arthrodesis. bony a. SYN: synostosis …   Medical dictionary

  • ankylosis — n. pathological fusion of two bones across a joint space resulting from prolonged joint inflammation or infection. In bony ankylosis the joint space is obliterated by bony tissue as a result of chronic inflammatory conditions, such as ankylosing… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Ankylosis — Anchylosis An chy*lo sis, Ankylosis An ky*lo sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, fr. ? to crook, stiffen, fr. ? crooked: cf. F. ankylose.] 1. (Med.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • ankylosis — См. anchylosis …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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