Glossary
Fingers Identified By Roman Numerals
Fingers of Human Hand

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The short, thick, medial digit of the hand, opposable to the fingers, and distinguished from them by having only two phalanges, rather than three.
In a pentadactyl hand, fingers are numbered II to V, and the thumb numbered I.
Also known as the pollex.
Cf. finger, hallux

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