Dictionary definition: index finger

Article: It is again the index finger in Delhi.
United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India);  April 8, 2009 ;     599 words ... ... much headache to Delhiites as mostly index finger was inked. The old tradition of inking the index finger was followed in polls for the seven ... casting her vote, said. Showing her index finger to mediapersons, she said, '' Now ...

Article: All thumbs: 24 hours without index finger is lesson ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  May 16, 2005 ;     679 words ... ... while turkey hunting and smash my right index finger with the butt of a shotgun, my first ... to keep a diary of one day without an index finger and how it changes my life in both subtle ... Tying my shoes without involving the index finger is a delicate surgical maneuver. I ...

Article: Surgery gives man a new pair of thumbs, Doctors use patient's ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... between his thumb - which used to be his index finger - and his ring finger. Squeezing with ... unable to do after his thumbs and left index finger were blown off by a bomb in an accident ... Surgeons at Union Memorial converted an index finger into a thumb, a procedure often performed ...

Article: A blitz and a bad break: Mark Brunell, who broke the index ...
Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  June 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... commission for 2-3 weeks after breaking the index finger on his throwing hand Wednesday during team ... feeling," Campbell said. "It (a broken index finger) would affect him a lot. Your index finger has a lot to do with the rotation of the ...

Article: Finger Length Ratio May Predict Early MI Risk.(comparison of the ...
Internal Medicine News;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... A high ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger is ... There's usually a single crease on the index finger and a band of creases at the base of ... meaning the ring finger is longer than the index finger--when prenatal testosterone is high ...

Article: Redskins' Brunell Breaks Index Finger
The Washington Post;  June 3, 2006 ;     336 words ... ... will miss the next few weeks because of a broken bone in the index finger of his throwing hand, the team announced. The injury occurred ... that stated: "Mark Brunell suffered an injury to his left index finger in a drill during practice this week and has a small fracture ...

Article: Biomechanical model of index finger dynamics
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  June 1, 1996 ;     460 words ... ... purpose of this study is to develop a dynamic model of the index finger for flexion-extension and abduction-adduction motion ... RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM THIS RESEARCH Biomechanical model of index finger dynamics. Brook N, Mizrahi J, Shoham M, Dayan J. J Med ...