||An`chy*lo"sis, An`ky*lo"sis (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, fr. &?; to crook, stiffen, fr. &?; crooked: cf. F. ankylose.] 1. (Med.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison.

2. (Anat.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

||An`ky*lo"sis (&?;), n. Same as Anchylosis.