false ankylosis

ankylosis /an·ky·lo·sis/ (ang″kĭ-lo´sis) pl. ankylo´ses   [Gr.] immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or surgical procedure.ankylot´ic

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artificial ankylosis  arthrodesis.

bony ankylosis  union of the bones of a joint by proliferation of bone cells, resulting in complete immobility; true a.

extracapsular ankylosis  that due to rigidity of structures outside the joint capsule.

false ankylosis  fibrous a.

fibrous ankylosis  reduced joint mobility due to proliferation of fibrous tissue.

intracapsular ankylosis  that due to disease, injury, or surgery within the joint capsule.

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false ankylosis

n.

See fibrous ankylosis.

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false ankylosis

Etymology: L, fallere, to deceive; Gk, agkylosis, joint stiffness

a type of joint immobility that results from abnormal inflexibility of body parts outside the joint. Also called extracapsular ankylosis.

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ankylosis (ang´kilō´sis),

n an abnormal fixation and immobility of a joint.

ankylosis, bony,

n a joining of bone with tooth or bone with bone that causes total loss of movement. See also tooth, ankylosed.

ankylosis, false,

n an inability to open the oral cavity because of trismus rather than disease of the joint.

ankylosis, fibrous,

n the fixation of a joint by fibrous tissue.

ankylosis of tooth,

n See tooth, ankylosed.