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Ankle Ankylo Ankyloblepharon Ankylocheilia Ankylocolpos Ankylodactyly Ankylogossia Ankylosis Ankylostoma
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ ANKLE    id+ | BENT  CURVE and ANCHORED thus STIFF |
           id+ | implies ADHESION  FUSION |
           gr  ANKYLOSIS = STIFF or BENT
               ANKYLOS     HOOK  ANCHOR  CROOKED
           note  KOLINO    ukr for KNEE
           note  CLINO     for BENT  CURVE
~ ANKYL~   or
~ ANKYLO~  prefix for CURVE BEND STIFF
                   also ANCYL~
~ ANKYLOBLEPHARON  id+ | FUSED thus STIFF EYELIDS |
~ ANKYLOCHEILIA    id+ | STIFF LIPS |
~ ANKYLOCOLPOS     id+ | FUSED VAGINA |
~ ANKYLODACTYLY    id+ | CURVED STIFF DIGITS |
                   or kin terms
                   see> CAMPODACTYLY  or
                   see> CAMPTODACTYLY or
                   see> CLINODACTYLY
~ ANKYLOGOSSIA     id+ | STIFF TONGUE |
~ ANKYLOSIS        id+ | STIFF BENT JOINT |
~ ANKYLOSTOMA      id+ | HOOKWORM or ANCYLOSTOMA |
                note
  med> ANKLE IS THE JOINT OR ARTICULATION
       ABOVE THE FOOT called by some "FOOTCAP"
  biol> HOOKWORMS ARE A FAMILY OF NEMATODES including the
        NECATOR AMERICANUS found in DOGS and CATS
  and from them it often infests HUMANS
  IT IS A PARASITE OF CHILDREN AND IT CAN
  CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS
  cont> see> CLINIC

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