ankylo-, ankyl-, anky-, anchylo-, anchyl-, ancylo-, ancyl-

(Greek: stiff, unmovable; adhesion; by extension, "bent, hooked, crooked, curved, looped")


anchyloblepharon
A fusion of the margins of the eyelids, resulting in partial or complete closure of the interpalpebral or between the eyelid openings.
anchylose
anchylosed
anchylosis
1. An abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint.
2. The stiffening and immobility of a joint as the result of disease, trauma, surgery, or an abnormal bone fusion.
anchylotic
ankyloblepharon
The fusion of the eyelids to each other along the lid margins.

This is normal in the newborn of some species, lasting about ten days in puppies and kittens. Delayed separation may occur.

ankylocheilia
ankylodactyly
Adhesion, or the fibrous adherence, between two or more fingers or toes.
ankyloglossia
ankylomele
ankylophobia (s) (noun), ankylophobias (pl)
A dread that a joint of the elbows or knees will become immobile: The symptoms of ankylophobia can be anxiety and fear that one cannot bend the arm or leg any more and that they become stiff as to cause pain.
ankylopoietic
Forming ankylosis or the fusion of bones across a joint resulting in the complication of chronic inflammation.
ankyloproctia
ankylosaurus
ankylose