fibrous 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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fibrous ankylosis

n.

Stiffening of a joint due to the presence of fibrous bands between and about the bones forming the joint. Also called false ankylosis, pseudankylosis.

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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.