Synonym(s):pollex[TA],digitus (manus) primus [I][I]* ☆ ,first finger [A.S.thuma] Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 thumb (thŭm) n. a.The short thick digit of the human hand, next to the index finger and opposable to each of the other four digits. ...
One of the digits of the hand. [A.S.] Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012 Patient discussion about finger Q. What does thumb or finger sucking mean in ADULTS? People watch the unusual behavior of a person and decide their disorder. I strongly agree, but here ...
Related to baseball finger: mallet finger, mallet deformityfinger [fing´ger] one of the five digits of the hand. baseball finger mallet finger. clubbed finger one affected by clubbing. hammer finger mallet f. index finger forefinger. mallet finger partial permanent flexion of the terminal pha...
ping-pong fracturean indented fracture of the skull, resembling the indentation that can be produced with the finger in a ping-pong ball; when elevated it resumes and retains its normal position. Pott's fracturefracture of lower part of the fibula with serious injury of the lower tibial articu...
When the child is older, he or she can be involved in the decision of whether or not to be fitted for a prosthesis. In the case of congenital amputation of the fingers, plastic surgery can sometimes be used to reconstruct the missing digits by transferring parts of the great and second ...
1. soft, purplish skin lesions on the cheeks, forehead, nose, ears, and digits, frequently associated with bone cysts, which may be the first manifestation of sarcoidosis or occur in the chronic stage of the disease. 2. chilblain lupus erythematosus. systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) a chron...
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for\(\frac{1}{{\hat{\mu }}+e}\), i.e.\((a(\mu +e)+b)^2\). Lines 20 through 25 compute\((q_{\ell }-\mu )^2\). Lines 26 through 28 multiply the two terms\((q_{\ell }-\mu )^2\)and\((a(\mu +e)+b)^2\). Finally, the final score for query\(q_{\ell ...
One particularly problematic issue is that short accession numbers may be identical to medically impor- tant terms, such as "CD-34". Most surgical pathology departments process thousands of samples a year, so most accession numbers contain 4 or more digits. However many dictators and ...
See Glossary of Terms for definition of these modalities. Intraoperative EMG Monitoring Facial Nerve Electromyographic monitoring of the facial nerve (7th CN) is used to predict post-operative facial function after skull base surgery, which is associated with considerable risk to the functioning of ...