Facies (medical): Difference between revisions

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.