mallet finger
Medicine
noun
A condition in which a finger is permanently flexed at the distal joint owing to rupture of the extensor tendon, often resulting from a blow to the tip of the extended finger; a finger so affected.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George Gould (1848–1922).
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