phalangeal, a. Anat. and Zool.
(fəˈlændʒɪəl)
[f. mod.L. phalange-us, f. phalanx, phalang- + -al1.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a phalanx or phalanges (phalanx 3).
| 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 159 The anterior or phalangeal extremity of this bone,..also named the head. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 179 The disease involves the last phalangeal joint or bone. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., P[halangeal] process, the same as Phalangar process. |
Also phaˈlangean a. rare—0.
| 1882 in Ogilvie. 1893 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |