Having become stiff, immobile, or fused; describing joints that have lost their ability to move due to disease or injury.
Past participle of 'anchylose,' from Greek 'ankýlōsis.' Medical adjective describing a pathological condition of immobility.
Anchylosis is a real medical problem where joints literally fuse together—ancient physicians recognized it because they saw it in bodies after long illnesses.
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