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ring finger
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finger /fin·ger/ (fing´ger) one of the five digits of the hand.
baseball finger  mallet f.
clubbed finger  a finger with clubbing.
index finger  forefinger.
mallet finger  partial permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger caused by an object striking the end or back of the finger, owing to rupture of the attachment of the extensor tendon.
ring finger  the fourth digit of the hand.
webbed fingers  syndactyly of the fingers.

ring finger
n.
The third finger of the left hand.


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Byline: ANI Washington, September 25 (ANI): Studying the ratio between the index and ring fingers of two Neanderthals and one Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, University of Liverpool researchers have shown that human ancestors conflicted on monogamy.
We have noticed with interest that there is a statistical importance in the surface area of the proximal and medial phalanges of both ring fingers (Digitus quartus).
Whether or not the sun god is involved, we do know that men with long ring fingers tend to have higher levels of testosterone - and therefore higher sex drives and fertility.
 
 
 
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