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Facies (medical)

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In medical contexts, facies are distinctive facial expressions associated with specific medical conditions.

Facies (medical)

It comes from the Latin word for "face".[1]

As a fifth declension noun,[2] "facies" can refer to the singular or plural.

Types

Examples include:

References

  1. ^ "Dorlands Medical Dictionary:facies".
  2. ^ "NOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION".
 

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