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Definition of Facies
1. n. The anterior part of the head; the face.
Definition of Facies
1. Noun. (plurale tantum) Appearance. ¹
2. Noun. (plurale tantum medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions (e.g. ''costive facies''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Facies
1. general appearance [n FACIES]
Medical Definition of Facies
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Facies
Literary usage of Facies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"facies occidentalis et australis. p. 28. 48. Hugh Lupus Earle of Chester sitting
in his Parliament, p. 30. 49. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"Thin section of the diabase facies (specimen 24), showing the typical diabase
structure. (A), augite; (F), feldspar; (M), magnetite. X 20. ..."
3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"Textural facies. — Portions of a rock body having different texture from the main
mass of rock are called TEXTURAL facies. From the discussion of texture in ..."
4. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1908)
"facies Sardonica. —Expression morose, ironic (Forehead and cheeks ... facies
Hutchinsonii (Bilateral ptosis, wrinkled brow, eyebrows raised, nystagmus). ..."
5. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"At Stamford the beds are about 80 feet thick.3 facies of the Lincolnshire ...
Judd recognised them under two aspects or facies, and designated these the ..."
6. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"In collection: Physical and chemical processes and facies. Moscow, Nauka, 1968.
10. ... PERMAFROST-facies ANALYSIS AS THE MAIN METHOD OF ..."
7. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"THE TESTIMONY OF HEART DISEASE TO THE SENSORY facies OF THE EMOTIONS. What in
ordinary parlance, as indeed in most psychological discussions, ..."
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