ankylosed
ankylosed is the simple past and past participle of ankylose.
Adjective
ankylosed (comparative more ankylosed, superlative most ankylosed)
- Stiffened or inflexible.
- Stiff, cramped, rigid.
- The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping.August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust"
- it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 133
Meaning of ankylose
Verb
ankylose (third-person singular simple present ankyloses, present participle ankylosing, simple past and past participle ankylosed)
- To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
- To suffer from ankylosis.
Forms of ankylosed
| comparative | more ankylosed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ankylosed |
Origin of ankylosed
From ankylose + -ed.
Questions about ankylosed
- What does ankylosed mean?
- Ankylosed means stiffened or inflexible.
- What is ankylosed the simple past and past participle of?
- Ankylosed is the simple past and past participle of ankylose.
- What part of speech is ankylosed?
- Ankylosed is an adjective.
Words near ankylosed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ankylosed (page history and authors); ankylose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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