Mesalamine, olsalazine, and balsalazide do not contain sulfa. So they may be used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis if you cannot take sulfasalazine. Mesalamine enemas are effective in treating symptoms of mild to moderate distal (left-sided) ulcerative colitis and in maintaining remission.
Medical Definition of ankylosis. plural. ankyloses. \-ËsÄz\play. : stiffness or fixation of a joint by disease or surgery.
bony ankylosis union of the bones of a joint by proliferation of bone cells, resulting in complete immobility; true a. extracapsular ankylosis that due to rigidity of structures outside the joint capsule. false ankylosis fibrous a. fibrous ankylosis reduced joint mobility due to proliferation of fibrous tissue.