Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ankylosing_spondylitis

1 sense of ankylosing spondylitis

Sense 1
ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis -- (a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis)
       => spondylitis -- (inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness)
       => autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder -- (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)