adjective
Other Word Forms
- interphalangeal adjective
Etymology
Origin of phalangeal
1825–35; < New Latin phalange ( us ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Some lineages in Tiliqua have gone further, with additional phalangeal reductions being present in manual digits III and V, and in pedal digits II-V.
From Scientific American
It usually begins toward the close of the first week or in the second week, and its common seat is in the ankle, phalangeal, and wrist joints.
From Project Gutenberg
Deep-seated blisters form on tip of each finger and above and below each phalangeal flexure.
From Project Gutenberg
The nodes increase in size and occasionally develop on all of the fingers, but usually never spread beyond the phalangeal joints.
From Project Gutenberg
This state may be constituted by the absence of one bone or the union of two bones, or the shortening of metacarpal or metatarsal bones, or the shortness of several phalangeal bones.
From Project Gutenberg
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