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1. The front portion of the head; the visage including eyes, nose, mouth, forehead, cheeks, and chin; excludes ears. SYN: facies (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: surface.

- bird f. SYN: brachygnathia.

- cow f. SYN: facies bovina.

- dish f. SYN: facies scaphoidea.

- frog f. the appearance caused by broadening of the nose, which occurs in certain cases of nasal polyps.

- hippocratic f. SYN: hippocratic facies.

- masklike f. SYN: Parkinson facies.

- moon f. the round, usually red f., with large jowls, seen in Cushing disease or in exogenous hyperadrenocorticalism.

- moon shaped f. moon facies.

- superolateral f. of cerebral hemisphere [TA] SYN: superolateral surface of cerebrum.

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face 'fās n, often attrib

1 a) the front part of the human head including the chin, mouth, nose, cheeks, eyes, and usu. the forehead

b) the corresponding part of the head of a lower animal

2) SURFACE esp a front, upper, or outer surface