FINGERTIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fingertip mean? 

• FINGERTIP (noun)
  The noun FINGERTIP has 1 sense:

1. the end (tip) of a finger

  Familiarity information: FINGERTIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINGERTIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The end (tip) of a finger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fingertip" is a kind of...):

tip (the extreme end of something; especially something pointed)

Holonyms ("fingertip" is a part of...):

finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))

 Context examples 

Many people with the disease use a portable glycosometer to measure blood glucose levels by pricking their fingertips to get a blood sample.

(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)

They are found mostly in areas where sensory perception is acute, such as the fingertips.

(Merkel cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Acute infection results from minor trauma to the fingertip and Staphylococcus aureus is usually the causative agent.

(Paronychia, NCI Thesaurus)

A fingertip dosing unit varies with age and size of the body.

(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects males and is characterized by neurologic defects, moderate mental retardation, muscle hypotonia, and a tendency for self-mutilation (self-biting of lips, tongue, and fingertips).

(Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had pain in their fingertips.

(Have Pain in Fingertips, NCI Thesaurus)

In between the cysteines and histidines are 12 residues which form a DNA binding fingertip.

(C2H2 Zinc Finger, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Sherlock Holmes sat silent for a few minutes with his fingertips still pressed together, his legs stretched out in front of him, and his gaze directed upward to the ceiling.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sherlock Holmes listened with closed eyes and fingertips together to this remarkable account.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In a remote village, an aid worker pricks a sickly toddler's fingertip and, like most of the other village children's blood samples, this one turns a test strip yellow.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)