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phalanx

noun/ˈfælæŋks/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Any of the small bones that make up the toes.

The joint between the two bones of the phalanx had become stiff and swollen.

Topic: Podiatry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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