ankylosis
The origin and history of ankylosis.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek, where it named a stiffening of the joints and came from a verb meaning to bend or crook, itself from a word for bent or crooked.
The origin and history of ankylosis.
From Ancient Greek, where it named a stiffening of the joints and came from a verb meaning to bend or crook, itself from a word for bent or crooked.
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