ankyl- combining form orankylo-alsoanchyl-oranchylo-orancyl-orancylo- Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ankyl-, ankylo-, from ankylos; akin to Greek ankos glen — more at angle 1.: crooked : curved < Ancylostoma > 2.[New Latin, from Greek ankyl-, ankylo-, from ankylōsis] a.: stiff, immobile, constricted, or closed because of adhesion < ankyloglossia > < ankylurethria > b.: ankylosis < ankylophobia >