the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See phalanx, 2.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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.
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adj. of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes
Word Usage
"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."