Definition of "phalangeal" []

• Anatomy Of or relating to a phalanx or phalanges. (adjective)

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• "Their heads are convex internally; they fit into the concavities on the heads of the inner rods and are continued outward as thin flattened plates, termed phalangeal processes, which unite with the phalangeal processes of Deiters’ cells to form the reticular membrane."
• "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."
• "They are relatively broad and well patted with no discrete phalangeal pads."