Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a phalanx or phalanges.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy and zoöl., of or pertaining to a phalanx or the phalanges. Also phalangal, phelangial, phalangean, phalangian.
- The outwardly directed process of the head of an outer rod of Corti. Also called
phalanx of a rod of Corti .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See
phalanx , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to a
phalanx - adjective anatomy Relating to a
phalange - noun anatomy A
phalange (bone of a finger or toe)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes
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Examples
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Their heads are convex internally; they fit into the concavities on the heads of the inner rods and are continued outward as thin flattened plates, termed phalangeal processes, which unite with the phalangeal processes of Deiters cells to form the reticular membrane.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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The village square (which, like all village squares I had ever seen, was not square at all, but roughly oblong) formed the carpals and metacarpals of the hand, while the several lanes of cottages made up the phalangeal joints of the fingers.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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They are relatively broad and well patted with no discrete phalangeal pads.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009
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The phalangeal bones found in the septic tank were determined to be from the fingers of a young person—someone under twenty.
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder Ann Rule 2008
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April 23, 2008 at 4:45 am metatarsal phalangeal joints nayles real and imajinaree
Kitteh Car Wash - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Plagiarism punishment gives severe phalangeal problem.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Writer's Cramp - David Riley Blue Tyson 2007
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Plagiarism punishment gives severe phalangeal problem.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Giant Book Of Fantasy Tales - Stephen Jones and Richard Sutton Blue Tyson 2007
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The catcher from our high school baseball team, Anthony Hayes, was especially adept at racking up phalangeal credits.
Archive 2003-08-01 Ed 2003
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The catcher from our high school baseball team, Anthony Hayes, was especially adept at racking up phalangeal credits.
All we need is Blog? Ed 2003
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“It transfers even very small movements of the phalangeal bones to the waldoes.”
Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993
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