#anchiloza

• Acampsia — A clinical pathological state manifested by extreme muscle rigidity, total inflexibility, or the complete loss of mobility in a joint or limb, preventing any form of flexion. This severe condition is often the result of bony ankylosis, retractile fibrous scarring following major trauma, or advanced spastic neurological disorders, requiring intensive physiotherapy or corrective surgery.
• Ankylo- — A combining form (prefixoid) derived from Greek (ankylos - crooked, bent, stiff, fused), used in medical and biological terminology to introduce the meaning of stiffness, ankylosis, abnormal fusion, unnatural curvature, or immobilization of a joint or anatomical structure.
• Ankylotome — A specialized surgical instrument (a curved or grooved knife) used in the past for sectioning fibrous structures, rigid tendons, or cicatricial bridges that blocked joint mobility (a procedure associated with the archaic surgical treatment of ankylosis).
• Ankylosis — A marked diminution or complete loss of mobility in a joint, occurring due to an intracapsular bony or fibrous fusion, caused by chronic inflammatory processes (rheumatism, arthritis), infections, severe trauma, or prolonged immobilization in bed or a plaster cast.
• Ankylosing — Causing, promoting, or accompanying ankylosis; causing progressive stiffening and permanent immobilization of the joints through fibrous or bony fusion. It is commonly used to describe severe forms of chronic autoimmune arthritis affecting the axial skeleton.
• Stiffening process — The act of becoming ankylosed and its result; the pathophysiological process or state through which a joint gradually or totally loses its mobility, becoming rigid due to fibrous or bony transformations.
• Ankylosed — Having undergone the process of ankylosis; a joint or part of the body that has become rigid, stiff, or devoid of mobility due to the pathological fusion of bones or intracapsular fibrous tissues. In a figurative sense, it describes a state of inactivity, spiritual stagnation, or lack of flexibility in a system or way of thinking.
• Arthroclasia — A surgical operation or forced orthopedic maneuver consisting of breaking or destroying fibrous adhesions and vicious callus within an ankylosed joint, performed with the purpose of restoring its lost structural mobility. This invasive procedure is typically executed under general anesthesia to allow the sudden mobilization of blocked bony segments.