Usually means: Injury causing fingertip drooping deformity.
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  1. mallet finger: Dictionary.com
  2. Mallet finger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  4. mallet finger: Wiktionary

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  1. mallet finger: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Mallet finger: Merck Manuals
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Definitions from Wiktionary (mallet finger)

noun:  (medicine) A finger with an extensor tendon injury at the farthest joint, usually caused by excessive bending of the fingertip.

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