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Definition of Facial

1. Noun. Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles.

2. Adjective. Of or concerning the face. "Facial expression"

3. Noun. Care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams.

4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object.

Definition of Facial

1. a. Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.

Definition of Facial

1. Adjective. Of or affecting the face. ¹

2. Noun. a personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. ¹

3. Noun. (slang in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. ¹

4. Noun. (vulgar slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Facial

1. a treatment for the face [n -S]

Medical Definition of Facial

1. Origin: L. Facialis from facies = face of or pertaining to the face. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Facial

facetiously facetiousness facetiousnesses facetlike facets facetted facetting facety faceup faceward

facework faceworker faceworkers facia faciae facial angle facial axis facial bones facial canal facial cleft

facial colliculus facial cream facial creams facial diplegia facial eczema facial eminence facial expression

Literary usage of Facial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"the nerve of Wrisberg and the facial entering the aqueduct of Fallopius. Immediately after its entrance the facial swells into the ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"In central facial paralysis of one or both sides, the upper portion is more or ... Contrary to the unilateral total facial paralysis, generally known as ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The facial Vein commences at the side of the root of the nose, being a direct ... It lies behind and follows a less tortuous course than the facial artery. ..."

4. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"The facial nerve is subject to the same diseases peculiar to other ... Paralysis is characterized by facial deformity, due to the immobility of the muscles ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The facial vein commences at the side of the root of the nose, being a direcr continuation of the angular vein. It passes obliquely downward and outward ..."

6. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"It is only in the latter part of its course that it is called facial Vein. Chaussier calls the external carotid artery, facial Artery. ..."

7. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1912)
"The facial or seventh may be paralyzed by (a) lesions of the ... (a) Supranuclear paralysis, due to lesion of the cortex or of the facial fibres in the ..."

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