<unk>  is a stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint, which may be the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself. When the structures outside the joint are affected, the term "false<unk> " has been used in contradistinction to "true<unk> ", in which the disease is within the joint. When inflammation has caused the joint-ends of the bones to be fused together, the<unk>  is termed osseous or complete and is an instance of synostosis. Excision of a completely ankylosed shoulder or elbow may restore free mobility and usefulness to the limb.<unk> " is also used as an anatomical term, bones being said to ankylose (or anchylose) when, from being originally distinct, they coalesce, or become so joined together that no motion can take place between them. The term is from Greek ἀγκύλος, bent, crooked.
Ankylosis
Arthrofibrosis
Oligoarthritis
Rheumatism
Enthesitis
Spondylosis
Osteoarthritis
Spondylitis