ankylosed

English

Etymology

ankylose +‎ -ed

Verb

ankylosed

simple past tense and past participle of ankylose

Adjective

ankylosed (comparative more ankylosed, superlative most ankylosed)

Stiffened or inflexible, with regard to the bones or joints; figuratively, stiff, cramped, rigid.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 133:
  it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.

Translations

of bones or joints: stiffened or inflexible

Portuguese: anquilosado, ancilosado

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