Phalanges is the overall term for the structures (i.e the fingers) and these are composed of phalanx's (distal, proximal, and middle).
Phalanx (plural phalanges) is a finger bone.
The finger bones are called phalanges, as well as the toe bones.
All together, there are 56 phalanges.
The Esperanto words for finger and toe are fingro and piedfingro.
fingerprint, fingernail, index finger
The phrase is 'index finger', so it is two words.
Generally because scientific words are more precise.
There is an element called Yttrium, atomic number 39. Refined uranium ore is called yellowcake.
Some scientific words with the prefix 'bi' are:bicepsbiconcavebiconvexbicuspidbidirectionalbifunctionalbifurcatebilateralbilinearbimodalbiologybiped, bipedalbipodbipolarbiracialbisectbisexualbivalve
a scientific word is understatement
Finger
butterfingers fingernail fingerprint
No there shouldn't be a hyphen. Fingernails and toenails are full words.
Dr. Verbose obtained her degree in etymology, which involves the scientific study of words. In this field, she gained expertise in analyzing the origin, history, and meaning of words.
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