ankylosis — ozdic

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noun

1

The growing together of bones to form a single unit.

2

The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.

3

An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.

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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noun — abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint

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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 n

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