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phalange

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pha·lange  (flnj, f-lnj)
n.
See phalanx.

[French, from Old French, body of infantrymen, from Latin, from Greek phalanx, phalang-, log, battle array, bone between the finger and toe joints; see phalanx.]

phalange [ˈfælændʒ]
n pl phalanges [fæˈlændʒiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy another name for phalanx [5]
[via French, ultimately from Greek phalanx]
Translations
phalange [ˈfælændʒ] Nfalange f
the Phalange (in Spain) → la Falange


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