指し関かん節せつ

noun

interphalangeal joint; knuckle joint

Anatomical term for the joints between finger bones. In everyday language, often referred to as 指の関節.

• 指し関かん節せつの痛いたみは、関かん節せつ炎えんの症しょう状じょうかもしれません。

  Pain in the finger joints may be a symptom of arthritis.

• 解かい剖ぼう学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで、指し関かん節せつの構こう造ぞうを学まなんだ。

  In anatomy class, we learned about the structure of the interphalangeal joints.