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phalanges
/fəˈlæn.d͡ʒiz/
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fuh-LAN-jeez: end the plural with a voiced z.
The ph sounds like f, and the g sounds like j. Keep the main stress on LAN and the final ee lighter.
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“The diagram numbers the phalanges in each finger.”
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noun
- plural of phalange
- plural of phalanx
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IPA pronunciation
/fəˈlæn.d͡ʒiz/
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/ˈfeɪlænd͡ʒɪz//fəˈlænd͡ʒɪz//feɪˈlæn.d͡ʒiz/
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Bone implements of all kinds and whistles made of the phalanges of oxen are also constantly found.
When he was six years old it began on the terminal phalanges of the middle fingers.
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We find in the places of the second and fourth digits only two slender splint-like bones, about two-thirds as long as the cannon bone, which gradually taper to their lower ends and bear no finger joints, or, as they are termed, phalanges.
It forms a new genus, very different from the goatsucker, in the loudness of its voice, in the vast strength of its beak (containing a double tooth), and in its feet without the membranes which unite the anterior phalanges of the claws.
On reaching the first phalanx, a portion of the remaining force is passed on to the front of the phalanges and loses itself in front of the hoof, while the other portion is transmitted to the flexor tendons, finally to the perforans, and to the posterior parts of the foot.