digitation

[ dij-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

, Biology.

1. digitate formation.
2. a digitlike process or division.

Word History and Origins

Origin of digitation¹

First recorded in 1650–60; digitate + -ion

Example Sentences

The lesser Pectoral, or Serratus Minor Anticus, is situated under the great Pectoral, its rise being by Digitation or Indenting in the second, third, and fourth of the upper Ribs, and its Insertion in the Apophysis Coracoides of the Shoulder-Blade, which it draws forward.

From Project Gutenberg

At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, where the small-ness of the theatre did not yet afford room enough for action, and where the pain my fingers gave me, in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension which I could not be easy till I had communicated to Phoebe and received her explanations upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

It lies on the first intercostal muscle and the upper digitation of the serratus magnus, while the cords of the brachial plexus are on its acromial side, and the axillary vein in close contact with it on its thoracic side, and frequently overlapping the artery.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: digital, digitation, interdigital. finger, v. touch, handle; thrum, strum. finger bone. phalanx, internode; pl. phalanges. finger-shaped, a. digitiform. finical, a. over-particular, fastidious. finicky, a.

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