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Ankylosing spondylitis:

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS, from Greek "ankylos", fused; "spondylos", vertebra; "-itis", inflammation), previously known as Bechterew's disease (or syndrome) and Marie-Strümpell disease, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton, with variable involvement of peripheral joints and nonarticular structures.

强直性脊柱炎:

僵直性脊柱炎（拉丁文：spondylitis ankylosans，其中spondylitis原为希腊文脊柱炎之意，ankylosans原系希腊文强直之意），又稱僵直性脊椎炎，是一种慢性關節炎，伴随有脊柱关节的疼痛和强直症状。