anquilosis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”), from ἄγκος (ánkos, “bend, hollow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ankiˈlosis/ [ãŋ.kiˈlo.sis]
Rhymes: -osis
Syllabification: an‧qui‧lo‧sis

Noun

anquilosis f (plural anquilosis)

(pathology) ankylosis

Derived terms

Further reading

“anquilosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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