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PHALANX
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Irregular inflected form: phalanges
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the bones of the fingers or toes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phalanx" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("phalanx" is a part of...):
dactyl; digit (a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates)
Derivation:
phalangeal (of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A body of troops in close array
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("phalanx" is a kind of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any closely ranked crowd of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("phalanx" is a kind of...):
crowd (a large number of things or people considered together)
Context examples:
A condyloid synovial joint within the second digit of the hand or foot connecting the middle and distal phalanges.
(Distal Interphalangeal Joint 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the fifth digit of the hand or foot connecting the middle and distal phalanges.
(Distal Interphalangeal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the second digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.
(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the third digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.
(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 3, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the fourth digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.
(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 4, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the fourth digit of the hand connecting the metacarpal to the proximal phalanx.
(Metacarpophalangeal Joint 4, NCI Thesaurus)
A spheroid joint located between the heads of the metatarsal bone and the base of the proximal phalanx of the toe.
(Metatarsophalangeal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the fifth digit of the hand connecting the metacarpal to the proximal phalanx.
(Metacarpophalangeal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the first digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.
(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the third digit of the hand connecting the metacarpal to the proximal phalanx.
(Metacarpophalangeal Joint 3, NCI Thesaurus)
