ankylose

• Verbo usado para designar o processo pelo qual ossos ou articulações ficam rígidos ou se fundem, frequentemente em consequência de doença ou intervenção cirúrgica.

A verb used to indicate the process of bones or joints becoming stiff or fused together, often due to disease or surgical intervention.

1. Surgically fuse a jointC2formalmedical

   To perform a surgical procedure that causes the fusion of bones in a joint, resulting in ankylosis.

   Fundir cirurgicamente uma articulação

   • The surgeon decided to ankylose the patient's ankle to relieve chronic pain.
   • Ankylosing the joint is often a last resort for severe arthritis.
   • The procedure to ankylose the vertebrae was successful.

2. C2formalmedical

   For a joint to become stiff or fused due to disease or injury, resulting in ankylosis.

   Tornar-se rígido ou fundir-se

   • The patient's knee began to ankylose after the infection.
   • Without treatment, the joint may naturally ankylose over time.
   • The bones started to ankylose, limiting the range of motion.

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