| facies |
A distinctive group of characteristics within part of a rock body (such as composition, grain size, or fossil assemblages) that differ as a group from those found elsewhere in the same rock unit. Examples: conglomerate facies, shale facies, brachiopod facies.
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| facial nerve |
The seventh cranial nerve; cranial nerve VII is responsible for facial movement and expression and taste at the front of the tongue.
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| facies |
Face, countenance, expression. A facial expression suggestive, diagnostic. or pathognomonic (indicative) of a specific diagnosis or condition. For example, the hippocratic facies with a pinched expression, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, and a leaden complexion is seen in people about to die. Numerous genetic syndromes have characteristic facies, and many children with minor dysmorphic (atypical) features have a peculiar, if non-diagnostic, facies. ...
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| facial |
Of or relating to the face. Often used to identify the surface of a tooth located nearest the face.
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| faciolingual |
The local direction perpendicular to the mesiodistal direction and parallel to the occlusal plane; the facial direction/sense is away from and the lingual (or palatal) direction/sense is toward the tongue; labial and facial are synonymous in the anterior portion of the dental arch, and buccal is synonymous with facial in the posterior portions of the dental arch.
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