Anchylosing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchylose \An"chy*lose\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Anchylosed};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchylosing}.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.]
     To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or
     consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together
     into one. [Spelt also {ankylose}.] --Owen.
     [1913 Webster] ankylosis