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Definition of Index finger
1. Noun. The finger next to the thumb.
Definition of Index finger
1. Noun. the forefinger ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Index finger
1. The second finger (the thumb being counted as the first). Synonym: digitus secundus, forefinger, index, second finger. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Index Finger
Literary usage of Index finger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"Nasal appendages membranous, complicated; index finger consisting of one joint.
... Nasal appendage simple, fleshy, entire or double ; index finger formed ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"Coat: Separate the thumb and index-finger of each hand and pass them downward
over the sides of the body. (GS 61.) 28. Leggings : Open the fingers as before ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"The short end of the gut is caught between thumb and index finger after having
been brought through the loop by a twist of the hand. Fig. 23. ..."
4. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"With the index finger of the left hand take up from the proximal side the ...
Each index finger has now two loops and the strings from the ulnar side cross ..."
5. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"The move is made in this manner: The slate in the left hand is taken between the
thumb and index finger, and rests in a horizontal position on the side of ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"The metacarpal bone of the index finger did not seem shorter than normal. ...
I made extension on the index finger, and, at the same time, ..."
7. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"THE SPREAD OF INFECTION INVOLVING THE index finger. The index finger having
received a severe injury, causing a deep infection, we admit that the infection ..."
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