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FACIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("facial" is a kind of...):
beauty treatment (enhancement of someone's personal beauty)
skin care; skincare (care for the skin)
Derivation:
facial (of or concerning the face)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Synonyms:
facial; facial nerve; nervus facialis; seventh cranial nerve
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("facial" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
Holonyms ("facial" is a part of...):
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
Derivation:
facial (of or concerning the face)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
face (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Derivation:
face (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or concerning the face
Example:
facial expression
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
Derivation:
face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
face (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face)
facial (care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams)
facial (cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles)
Context examples:
Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of an individual's face that is present at birth.
(Congenital Facial Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with velo-cardio-facial syndrome.
(ARVCF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
It is associated with short stature, hypotonia, mental retardation, and hand, foot, skull and facial abnormalities.
(Deletion 18q Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, genetic disorder marked by developmental problems, being shorter than normal, mental retardation, heart problems, unusual facial features, and extra folds of skin around the neck, hands, and feet.
(Costello syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
It most often affects facial muscles.
(Myokymia, NCI Thesaurus)
Common symptoms are trouble with eye and eyelid movement, facial expression and swallowing.
(Myasthenia Gravis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
The portion of the parotid gland parenchyma lying deep to the facial nerve.
(Parotid Gland Deep Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)
The two facial regions key for measuring this ‘Pinocchio Effect’ are the forehead and the tip of the nose.
(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)
Surprisingly, we found no clear evidence of the impact of memory on the color appearance of toys, fruit or non-facial body skin.
(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers found that one-time exposure to CBD and THC caused eye, brain, and facial malformations similar to those caused by prenatal alcohol exposure alone.
(Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development, National Institutes of Health)
