digitation (dijitashon)

[ + -ion.] 1. Digitiform arrangement or disposition dig i of parts; division into finger-like parts; the state or quality of being digitate: as, the dig i tation of the serratus magnus muscle; the dig i tation of the tendon of the obturator intern us. -2. A finger-like proce ; one of a series of parts. The serratus magnus... arises by nine fleshy digit a tions from the outer surface and upper border of the right upper ribs. H. Gray, Anat. (ed. 1887), p. 430.