Phalanges is the overall term for the structures (i.e the fingers) and these are composed of phalanx's (distal, proximal, and middle).
The Esperanto words for finger and toe are fingro and piedfingro.
fingerprint, fingernail, index finger
The phrase is 'index finger', so it is two words.
The scientific study of words is called lexicography. Lexicographers analyze the structure, meaning, and usage of words in languages to compile dictionaries and other linguistic resources.
There is an element called Yttrium, atomic number 39. Refined uranium ore is called yellowcake.
Generally because scientific words are more precise.
Dactyloscopy comes from the Greek words 'daktylos' meaning finger and 'skopein' meaning to examine.
Finger
butterfingers fingernail fingerprint
Some scientific words with the prefix 'bi' are:bicepsbiconcavebiconvexbicuspidbidirectionalbifunctionalbifurcatebilateralbilinearbimodalbiologybiped, bipedalbipodbipolarbiracialbisectbisexualbivalve
No there shouldn't be a hyphen. Fingernails and toenails are full words.
"the scientific study of words"