ankylose

Questions about ankylose

What does ankylose mean?

ankylose means "produce ankylosis by surgery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ankylose?

ankylose has 3 syllables: an-ky-lose. The stress falls on "an".

What is another word for ankylose?

Close synonyms include ancylose, ancylose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ankylose a common word?

ankylose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.