Definition of Phalangeal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes.

Partainyms: Phalanx
Derivative terms: Phalanx

Definition of Phalangeal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.

Definition of Phalangeal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a phalanx ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phalangeal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Phalangeal

1. Relating to a phalanx. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalangeal

phaius
phakic eye
phako-
phakoma
phakomatoses
phakomatosis
phakoscope
phakoscopes
phal
phalacrosis
phalaena
phalaenid
phalaenids
phalangal
phalange
phalangeal (current term)
phalangeal cell
phalangeal joints
phalangectomy
phalanger
phalangerid
phalangerids
phalangers
phalanges
phalangian
phalangid
phalangids
phalangious
phalangist
phalangistine

Literary usage of Phalangeal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is blended anteriorly with the plantar (glenoid) ligament of the metatarso-phalangeal articulations. To its posterior border is connected the fascia ..."

2. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"pf fibres passing transversely from bone to bone, blending with the fibro-cartilagi- nous or sesamoid plates of the metatarso-phalangeal joints, ..."

3. Manual of operative surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1921)
"CHAPTER C METACARPO-phalangeal DISLOCATIONS Dorsal dislocations of the first metacarpo-phalangeal joint are occasionally irreducible by manipulation and ..."

4. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"... this incision is to be continued along the ulnar side of the thumb as far as the meta- carpo-phalangeal articulation ; a second incision is to be made ..."

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