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ANKYRISM

\ˈaŋkəɹˌɪzəm], \ˈaŋkəɹˌɪzəm], \ˈa_ŋ_k_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of ANKYRISM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Hook-like articulation or suture.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That form of articulation in which one bone is hooked on to another, as the palatine is hooked on to the superior maxillary. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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