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"_dis1": "80 0 20",
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"a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm"
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"_dis1": "88 0 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finger used to pull the trigger",
"word": "liipaisinsormi"
},
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"_dis1": "88 0 12",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "finger used to pull the trigger",
"word": "ngón tay bóp cò"
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"difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon"
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"(medicine) difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon"
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"_dis1": "13 0 87",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "napsusormi"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 0 87",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "ngón tay bật"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 0 87",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "ngón tay cò súng"
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"word": "trigger finger"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "finger used to pull the trigger",
"word": "liipaisinsormi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "finger used to pull the trigger",
"word": "ngón tay bóp cò"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "napsusormi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "ngón tay bật"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension",
"word": "ngón tay cò súng"
}
],
"word": "trigger finger"
}
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