ankylosis

Definitions

1. The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
   countable, uncountable
2. The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
   countable, uncountable
3. An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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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