See all translations. uk â us â. âº HR, WORKPLACE the people who work for an organization to keep it running and to support the people who are involved in the organization's main business: support staff such as administrators, carpenters, and electricians. Managers often depend heavily on their support staff.
A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates. Normally humans have five digits, the bones of which are termed phalanges, on each hand, although some people have more or fewer than five due to congenital disorders such as polydactyly or oligodactyly, or accidental or medical amputations. The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. According to different definitions, the thumb can be called a finger, or not.
finger stick or fingerstick (fÄ­ngâ²gÉr-stÄ­kâ²) n. The drawing of blood from the fingertip, usually with a thin blade and a micropipette, for diagnostic testing. finger stick. the act of puncturing the tip of the finger to obtain a small sample of capillary blood. In some procedures the hand may be first immersed in warm water for 10 minutes to arterialize the capillary blood or give it characteristics similar to those of arterial blood. Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition.