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Definition of Middle finger
1. Noun. The second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger.
Definition of Middle finger
1. Noun. The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger; this is the longest finger. ¹
2. Noun. An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Middle finger
1. Third finger. Synonym: digitus medius, digitus tertius, third finger. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle Finger
Literary usage of Middle finger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"These were distributed as follows with relation to each hand : middle finger
alone, 6 hands ; ring finger alone, 28 hands ; little finger alone, 13 hands; ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The second and third dorsal interossei are inserted into the middle finger, the
former into its radial, the latter into its ulnar side. ..."
3. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"Bend left middle finger distal into index loop, and ring finger distal into little
finger loop. Bend little finger over its ulnar string, and index over its ..."
4. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"If the infection extends proximally along the lumbrical space between the index
and middle finger some care should be used in the incision, since while it ..."
5. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1915)
"middle finger middle finger 66:01. OE. middel-finger middle finger, Dan.
mellem-finger medius vel ..."
6. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"Hence the index of the palm should be the proportion between the length of the
palm itself and the length of the middle finger. This proportion is of ..."
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