"physic finger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: physic fingers [plural]
Etymology: Calque of the Latin digitus medicus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|digitus medicus}} Latin digitus medicus Head templates: {{en-noun}} physic finger (plural physic fingers)
  1. the ring finger Categories (topical): Fingers

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1998, Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur, page 322",
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