phalange
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8.2
- noun
- /fəˈlændʒ/
- Specialized
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falange
- Indentations in the phalanges also indicate that the fingers had a dorsal keratin cover in the shape of a hoof.
- metatarsals and phalanges
- distal phalanges
They have so many names, fingers, phalanges, and when you find a criminal, you finger them.
- They have so many names, fingers, phalanges, and when you find a criminal, you finger them.
- You got those phalanges of the Ganges.
Examples
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Similar to finger fractures, physeal injuries to the toes or phalanges are quite common.
Academic text (2006) -
The phalanges are most often affected; however, macrodactyly of the metacarpals has also been reported in an older patient with severe disease (26).
Academic text (2015) -
She dropped a box on her foot - and broke a distal phalange.
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I thought about muscles, tendons, nerves, vessels, and phalanges.
Fiction book (1997) -
Each digit of the right hand has been severed between the middle and distal phalanges.
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The seat was then moved vertically until the subject's distal phalanges of the second fingers were aligned with the lowest portion of the pushrims.
Academic text (1992) -
My sophomore year, I ran 14 in on my own with a sprained ankle... ...a broken phalange, a ruptured duodenum and a subdermal hematoma.
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In design, only the fore-foot MCR insert was replaced by an articulated distal row of tarsals, with metatarsals and phalanges.
Academic text (1990) -
In some cases, the location of the low position depended on the design of the wheelchair, but for all of the subjects, it was found to correspond closely with the desired position (having the distal phalanges of the second fingers aligned with the lowest portion of the pushrims).
Academic text (1992) -
The doctor explained that a broken phalange can be very painful and may require surgery.
Synonyms
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8.6
A bone in a finger or toe
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word phalange comes from the Greek word phalanx, which meant 'a line of soldiers'. Think of the small bones in a finger as a row of tiny soldiers standing one after another, and that's why each bone is called a phalange.