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Line 23: \| deaths = }} In medical contexts, a '''facies''' is a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with a specific [[medical condition]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] for "face".<ref name="urlDorlands Medical Dictionary:facies">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/three/000038177.htm \|title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:facies \|work= \|accessdate=}}</ref> As a [[Latin declension#Fifth declension .28e.29\|fifth declension]] noun,<ref name="urlNOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION">{{cite web\|url=http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|title=NOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION \|work= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065425/http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/Latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|archive-date=2008-07-20 \|df= }}</ref> "''facies"'' can be both singular and plural.▼ ~~In medical contexts, a '''facies''' is a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with specific [[medical condition]]s.~~ It comes from the Latin word for "face".<ref name="urlDorlands Medical Dictionary:facies">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/three/000038177.htm \|title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:facies \|work= \|accessdate=}}</ref> ▲As a [[Latin declension#Fifth declension .28e.29\|fifth declension]] noun,<ref name="urlNOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION">{{cite web\|url=http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|title=NOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION \|work= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065425/http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/Latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|archive-date=2008-07-20 \|df= }}</ref> "facies" can be both singular and plural. ==Types== Examples include: * [[Hippocratic face]] (also known as "Hippocratic facies"; eyes are sunken, temples collapsed, nose is pinched with crusts on the lips, and the forehead is clammy) * [[Moon face]] (also known as "Cushingoid facies") – [[Cushing's syndrome]] * [[Elfin facies]] -– [[Williams syndrome]] * [[Potter facies]] -– [[oligohydramnios]] * [[Mask like facies]] -– [[parkinsonism]] * [[Leonine facies]] -– [[lepromatous leprosy]] or [[craniometaphyseal dysplasia]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/craniometaphyseal-dysplasia/\|title=Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)\|publisher=}}</ref> * [[Mitral facies]] -– [[mitral stenosis]] * [[Amiodarone facies]] (deep blue discoloration around malar area and nose) * [[Acromegalic facies]] -– [[acromegaly]] * [[Flat facies]] -– [[Down syndrome]] * [[Marfanoid facies]] -– [[Marfan's syndrome]] * [[Snarling facies]] -– [[myasthenia gravis]] * [[Myotonic facies]] -– [[myotonic dystrophy]] * [[Torpid facies]] -– [[myxoedema]] * [[Mouse facies]] -– [[chronic kidney failure]] * [[Plethoric facies]] -– [[Cushing's syndrome]] and [[polycythemia vera]] * [[Bird facies]] -– [[Pierre Robin syndrome\|Pierre Robin sequence]] * [[Ashen grey facies]] -– [[myocardial infarction]] * [[Gargoyle facies]] -– [[Hurler's syndrome]] * [[Monkey facies]] -– [[marasmus]] * [[Hatchet facies]] -– [[myotonia atrophica]] * [[Gorilla-like face]] -– acromegaly * [[Bovine facies or cow face]] -– [[craniofacial dysostosis]] or [[crouzon syndrome]] * [[Marshall halls facies]] -– [[hydrocephalus]] * [[Frog face]] -– intranasal disease * [[Coarse facies]] -– many inborn errors of metabolism * [[Adenoid facies]] -– developmental facial traits caused by adenoid hypertrophy, nasal airway obstruction and [[mouthbreathing]]; really a form of [[long face syndrome]]. * [[Lion-like facies]] -– involvement of craniofacial bones in Paget disease of Bone * [[Chipmunk facies]] -– [[~~Beta~~beta thalassemia]] == Other disorders associated with syndromic facies == {{Incomplete list\|date=March 2020}} * [[Pitt–Hopkins syndrome]] * [[Mowat–Wilson syndrome]]

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