hypophalangial

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adjective

Suffering from or pertaining to hypophalangia; lacking one or more digital phalanges.

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Meanings

adjectivehypophalangial (comparative more hypophalangial, superlative most hypophalangial)

comparative more hypophalangial · superlative most hypophalangial

  1. rareSuffering from or pertaining to hypophalangia; lacking one or more digital phalanges.

    I think very briefly of the late Cosgrove Watt. I think of the hypophalangial Grief-Therapist.

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 16

Origin

From hypophalangia + -al.

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APA

hypophalangial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypophalangial

MLA

“hypophalangial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypophalangial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypophalangial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypophalangial.

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