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- English Word PhagedenicAL Definition Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.
- English Word PhagedenicAL Definition A phagedenic medicine.
- English Word Phagedenous Definition Phagedenic.
- English Word Phagocyte Definition A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
- English Word Phainopepla Definition A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.
- English Word Phakoscope Definition An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.
- English Word Phalaena Definition A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.
- English Word Phalaenid Definition Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
- English Word Phalangal Definition Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.
- English Word Phalangeal Definition Alt. of Phalangal
- English Word Phalanger Definition Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
- English Word Phalanges Definition pl. of Phalanx.
- English Word Phalanges Definition of Phalanx
- English Word Phalangial Definition Alt. of Phalangian
- English Word Phalangian Definition Phalangeal.
- English Word Phalangid Definition One of the Phalangoidea.
- English Word Phalangides Definition of Phalangid
- English Word Phalangious Definition Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
- English Word Phalangist Definition Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.
- English Word Phalangister Definition Alt. of Phalangistine