ankylosis
noun /ˌæŋkɪˈləʊsɪs/
/ˌæŋkɪˈləʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical- a disease that causes one or more of the joints of the body to join together and become stiff
强直症:一种疾病,可导致身体的一个或多个关节连接在一起并变得僵硬 词源early 18th cent.: from Greek ankulōsis, from ankuloun ‘to crook’, from ankulos ‘crooked’.