ankylosis

Pathology

• stiffening or fixation of a joint as the result of a disease process, with fibrous or bony union across the joint

More general terms

• sign/symptom
• joint disease; articular disease; arthropathy

Additional terms

• ankylosing spondylitis, axial spondyloarthritis; Marie Strumpell disease; Bechterew's disease (AS)
• arthrodesis; joint fusion
• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH, Forestier disease, ankylosing hyperostosis of the spine, spondylosis hyperostotica)
• trismus; ankylostoma; lockjaw