| facial |
The surface of a tooth directed toward the face.
Ãâó: www.eastsounddental.com/service/terms.htm
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| facies |
This word has many meanings in geology, and takes on different attributes in different contexts. In the sense most commonly used in this book, however, it refers to the sum total of all a sedimentary rock's characteristics; its grain-composition, size, shape, sedimentary structures, bedding and matrix. By patiently establishing a rock's facies, geologists can link it with the depositional environment in which it formed.
Ãâó: www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm
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| facing |
In outdoor specifies the direction the panel may be seen from the traffic flow. For instance a south facing panel can be seen from only south bound traffic.
Ãâó: www.horizonmedia.com/glossary/f.htm
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| facial palsy |
A unilateral paralysis of the facial muscles supplied by the "seventh nerve.
Ãâó: www.emermed.uc.edu/stroketeam/glossarybody.html
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| facilitated diffusion |
diffusion in which a substance not soluble by itself in lipids is transported across a selectively permeable membrane by combining with a transporter (carrier) molecule
Ãâó: www.medtrng.net/webtemplate/glossary_main.htm
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