Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA particular arthritis disease that affects usually the joints between vertebrae and the sacroiliac joint.
Synonyms: Bekhterev's disease, Bekhterev's syndrome, Marie-Strümpell disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA particular arthritis disease that affects usually the joints between vertebrae and the sacroiliac joint.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 強直性脊柱炎 /强直性脊柱炎
- 強直性脊柱炎 /强直性脊柱炎 (qiángzhíxìng jǐzhùyán)arthritis disease
Finnish selkärankareuma
- selkärankareumaarthritis disease
French spondylarthrite ankylosante
- spondylarthrite ankylosantearthritis disease
German Spondylitis ankylosans, Morbus Bechterew
- Spondylitis ankylosansarthritis disease
- Morbus Bechterewarthritis disease
Icelandic hryggikt
- hryggiktarthritis disease
Japanese 強直性脊椎炎
- 強直性脊椎炎 (kyōchokusei sekitsuien)arthritis disease
Portuguese espondilite anquilosante
- espondilite anquilosantearthritis disease
Russian анкилози́рующий спондили́т, анкилози́рующий спондилоартри́т
- анкилози́рующий спондили́т (ankilozírujuščij spondilít)arthritis disease
- анкилози́рующий спондилоартри́т (ankilozírujuščij spondiloartrít)arthritis disease
- боле́знь Бе́хтерева (boléznʹ Béxtereva)arthritis disease
Spanish espondilitis anquilosante
- espondilitis anquilosantearthritis disease
Cite this entry
ankylosing spondylitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankylosing%20spondylitis
“ankylosing spondylitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankylosing%20spondylitis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ankylosing spondylitis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ankylosing%20spondylitis.
Source: ankylosing spondylitis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.