- proximal interphalangeal joint
- the interphalangeal joint located proximally on any digit; see articulationes interphalangeae manus and articulationes interphalangeae pedis, under articulatio. Called also PIP j.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
proximal interphalangeal joint
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