What does ankylosis mean?
Ankylosis means (anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit..
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/ˌæn.kɪˈloʊ.sɪs/ · noun
(anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit..
Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.
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Ankylosis means (anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit..
Common synonyms include anchylosis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.
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