Anatomy
finger
fin·ger [ fing-ger ]
Subclass of:
Hand
Definitions related to fingers:
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Any of the digits of the hand.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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One of the five digits of the hand.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Subdivision of the hand demarcated from the hand proper by the skin crease in line with the distal edge of finger webs. Examples: thumb, right middle finger, left little finger.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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