Top Definitions
Quiz
Related Content
Examples

phalanges

[ fuh-lan-jeez ]

/ fəˈlæn dʒiz /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for phalanges on Thesaurus.com

noun

a plural of phalanx.

plural of phalange.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of phalanges

<Latin <Greek phálanges

Words nearby phalanges

Phaistos, phalaenopsis, phalange, phalangeal, phalanger, phalanges, Phalangist, phalansterian, phalansterianism, phalanstery, phalanx

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use phalanges in a sentence

The intermediate and distal phalanges of the index finger show contraction, as if the Palestinian Arab were squeezing something.
The Crime of Kufr Qaddoum: An EmergencyStandWithDavidMonitor Animal Rights Division Expose|Eli Valley|March 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No hylid genus is edentate, and none has either T-shaped terminal phalanges or the unusual dorsal spinules.
Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige|John D. Lynch
Thus the entire length of the four phalanges slightly exceeds 11 inches, or rather more than three times the length of the head.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
There is volar flexion of the phalanges when the subject is at rest.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix

It is a disease of colts and may affect one or all of the phalanges at the same time.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
And even in the turtles we have eight carpal bones and five digits, while no finger has less than two phalanges.
On the Genesis of Species|St. George Mivart