baseball finger

baseball finger definition - medical

base·ball finger (bāsˈbôlˌ)

noun
Permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger due to a break in the extensor tendon resulting from a blow from a ball or other object. Also called hammer finger, mallet finger.

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