What's the difference between digitiform and finger?

Digitiform


Definition:

  • (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tissue from the digitiform rectal gland of the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, was fixed briefly by formaldehyde perfusion and studied for the specificity and localization of p-nitrophenyl phosphatase (NPP'ase) activity.
  • (2) Cicatricial digitiform pseudopolyposis is a rare condition.
  • (3) Hairy tongue, in contrast, grows exophytically with a digitiform surface, the horny layer is rather thin, and the microorganisms are confined to the ends of the digitations; the ballooned epithelial cells show pale cytoplasm.
  • (4) n. resembles D reconditum and D. mansonbahri in size, in lacking a two-segmented buccal capsule, and in the female having a long, digitiform tail.
  • (5) All newts that received GH demonstrated normal limb regeneration to the early digitiform stage by 35 days postamputation.
  • (6) All experimental animals were sacrificed when their right forelimbs regenerated to an advanced digitiform regenerate.
  • (7) Digitiform regenerates were found to be more or less similar to the control limbs, i.e., provided joints and muscle, while the heteromorphic spike or rod shaped regenerates were simply provided with cartilaginous axial core without joint formation.
  • (8) Additionally, the simple conical papillae could be subgrouped into type I, II and digitiform papillae, and the forked filiform as an intermediate form between the giant conical and the true filiform, based on their function and microvasculature.
  • (9) A report on a patient aged 30 years with cicatricial digitiform pseudopolyposis discovered ten years after a severe hemorrhagic rectocolitis in which almost complete functional healing had occurred.
  • (10) Later, horizontal cell dendrites penetrated the receptor as digitiform processes (stages 39--40) which subsequently expanded extensively within the invagination (stages 40--44).
  • (11) A club-shaped swelling of the distal portions of the dendrites is observed by the end of the first week; this "claw" becomes multilobated by three weeks and displays elaborate digitiform projections by nine weeks.
  • (12) The 4 types of single-lobe Caroli's disease distinguished by the authors, ie: type I: racemose biliary dilatation, type II: digitiform biliary dilatation, type III: large cystic biliary dilatation, type IV: choledochal cyst associated to the intrahepatic biliary disease, require a particular surgical treatment, which must also take account of the operative risks and of all the associated lesions (lithiasis, choledochal cyst, congenital hepatic fibrosis (5 cases), neoplastic degeneration (8 cases)].
  • (13) The first type is characterized by digitiform protrusions, the second type of rosette is spherical.
  • (14) They ended either abruptly because HRP had not diffused far enough into the process or terminated with large growth cones bearing numerous digitiform filopodia.
  • (15) It was possible to demonstrate the difference between the wrapping of axons by astrocytic digitiform processes, and true myelination by processes identifiable as oligodendrocytes.
  • (16) The basic form of the loop was similar to the loop of the simple conical type I, II, and digitiform papillae respectively, although that of type II, having two or three ascending crura, was the most complicated of the three.
  • (17) The "parapsoriasis digitiforme" (40 cases) or benign type, or xanthoerythrodermia perstans, or chronic superficial dermatitis is characterized by small, oval or finger-like, yellow or pink patches.

Finger


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
  • (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
  • (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
  • (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
  • (v. t.) To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
  • (v. t.) To touch lightly; to toy with.
  • (v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music.
  • (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
  • (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
  • (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work.
  • (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the fall of 1975, 1,915 children in grades K through eight began a school-based program of supervised weekly rinsing with 0.2 percent aqueous solution of sodium fluoride in an unfluoridated community in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.
  • (2) In case of isolated damage of deep flexor tendon of the II-V fingers at the level of the I zone there were made palliative operations of 12 fingers: tenodesis and arthrodesis of distal interphalangeal articulation in functionally advantageous position.
  • (3) The pineal of certain lizards possesses a finger-like projection that extends toward the parietal eye.
  • (4) Seventy-five hands showed normal distal latency, in which cases, however, the SNCV of the ring finger was always outside the normal range, while the SNCVs of the thumb, index and middle fingers were abnormal in 64%, 80% and 92% of cases respectively.
  • (5) Furthermore, it involved mixed clinical and histological changes of epidermal nevus from fingers to elbow.
  • (6) Although systemic fibrinolysis with streptokinase was not initiated until eight weeks after the accident, a partial restitution of the markedly reduced macro- and microcirculation in the fingers was possible.
  • (7) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
  • (8) MRPs were larger preceding foot movements than preceding finger movements, their onset being earlier also.
  • (9) In the 18 month-old a more mature grasp and forearm combination, mainly palmar grasp with or without stablizing index finger + overpronated forearm, was found.
  • (10) When Fox woke up one morning in 1990 and noticed his little finger shaking, he thought it was a side effect of a hangover.
  • (11) A 63-year-old man, with a Waldenström's disease discovered by cryoglobulinemia (ischemic lesions of fingers) was quickly aggravating (hyperviscosity syndrome) under treatment by chlorambucil in a dosage of 8 mg daily.
  • (12) "The new feminine ideal is of egg-smooth perfection from hairline to toes," she writes, describing the exquisite agony of having her fingers, arms, back, buttocks and nostrils waxed.
  • (13) These preliminary results suggest that finger stick blood samples, collected on filter paper, could be used for FTA-ABS testing of remote rural populations--such as in areas where yaws is endemic.
  • (14) The three-dimensional solution structure of a zinc finger nucleic acid binding motif has been determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
  • (15) The recovery of power grip and finger grip strength is complete in most patients by two months.
  • (16) A yeast protein, Sui3, isolated as an extragenic suppressor of his4 initiation codon mutations, exhibits extensive sequence identity with human eIF-2 beta, especially in the polylysine and zinc finger domains, thereby reinforcing the view that these elements are important for function.
  • (17) Both acquired defects were covered by two different cross-finger flap techniques, despite extensive scarring of the adjacent finger.
  • (18) Our team of reporters have spent the last week on an intensive bikram yoga course in order to get themselves into the rather awkward position of having their ears to the ground, their eyes to the skies and their fingers on the pulse.
  • (19) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
  • (20) No, Did they invent sliding fingers across substances?

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