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any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes

a body of troops in close array

any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes

a body of troops in close array

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

Among the ancient Greeks, a company of heavy-armed soldiers drawn up in close rank: hence, any compact body of persons, animals, or things: phalanges.

1. One of the long bones of the fingers or toes, 14 in number for each hand or foot, 2 for the thumb or great toe, and 3 each for the other four digits; they are numbered from I-III, beginning from the metacarpus. The 3d (2d in the thumb or great toe), or terminal, phalanx is called the ungual phalanx because of a flattened surface, ungual tuberosity, at its termination which supports the nail. 2. One of a number of cuticular plates, arranged in several rows, on the surface of the organ of Corti; they are the heads of the outer row of Corti's rods and of Deiter's cells, and between them are the free ends of the hair cells.

Singular of phlanges, q. v.

A compact body of soldiers.

Among the anc. Greeks, a body of heavy armed troops drawn up in the form of a deep square and in close rank and file; any close compact body of men.

Phalanges. Segments of the digits of Vertebrates.

Same etymon. A name given to the small bones which form the fingers and toes, because placed alongside each other like a phalanx. They are distinguished into the Phalanges of the fingers, Ossa seu Agmina seu Acies seu Articuli seu Scuticula seu Scutulae seu Nodi seu Internodia seu Scytalides seu Condyli Digitorum Manus; and the Phalanges of the Toes, Ossa sen Articuli seu Internodia Digitorum Pedis. I. Phalanges of the fingers, (F.) Phalanges des doigts. They are, in each hand, fourteen,-three to each finger, and two to the thumb; and are situate one above the other. They are distinguished, numerically, reckoning from the hase towards the tip of the finger. The first or metacarpal, Procondyli, (F.) Premieres phalanges on Phalanges metacarpiennes, 2. The second or middle phalanges, (F.) Secondes phalanges ou Phalanges moyennes, Phalangines, (Ch.) 3. The third phalanges, Metucondyli, Phalanges nugnium. (F.) Troisiemes phalanges ou Phalanges ungneales on unguiferes ou unguinalcs, Phalangettes (Ch.). which terminate each finger, and support the nail. II. Phalanges of' the toes, (F.) Phalanges des Orteils. They are the same in number as those of the fingers, but much smaller, and of a very different shape. The phalanges of a finger or toe are united with each other; and the first with the metacarpal or metatarsal bone. They are developed from two points of ossification; one for the superior extremity, and the other for the body and inferior extremity.

Any bone of a finger or toe.

Any one of the bones of a finger or toe.

n. [Latin, Greek] A battalion or body of soldiers formed in ranks and files close and deep so as to offer very firm resistance to a foe;—any body of men formed in close array, or any firm combination of people.