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ANKYLOSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ankylose ... he / she / it ankyloses
Past simple: ankylosed
Past participle: ankylosed
-ing form: ankylosing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo ankylosis
Example:
joints ankylose
Synonyms:
ancylose; ankylose
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "ankylose" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
Did his feet ankylose?
Sense 2
Meaning:
Produce ankylosis by surgery
Synonyms:
ancylose; ankylose
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "ankylose" is one way to...):
join (cause to become joined or linked)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
