🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pliegue digital

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈplje.ɣe di.xiˈtal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Digital crease/ˈdɪdʒɪtəl kriːs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El cirujano hizo un corte siguiendo el pliegue digital."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The natural transverse line or fold of skin on the palmar surface of a finger corresponding to its joints.

    "The surgeon carefully placed the incision along the digital crease to minimize scarring."
  2. 2

    A flexion crease of the digit used as a landmark in hand surgery and physical examination.

    "Range of motion was measured from the proximal digital crease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'digital' (pertaining to a digit or finger, from Latin 'digitus') and 'crease' (from Middle English, possibly of Celtic or Old French origin referring to a line or ridge produced by folding). In anatomical and medical nomenclature, it denotes the natural skin folds corresponding to the joints of the fingers.

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