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faciomuscular

faciomuscular adjective: relating to the muscles of the face.

Adjective

faciomuscular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to the muscles of the face.
    • Then a temporalis faciomuscular flap is used over the bone grafts to contour them and produce the needed cushion effect to accept the prosthesis, so all bone chip edges are softened […]1987 December, “Aesthetic considerations in the reconstruction of the anophthalmic orbit”, in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, volume 11, number 1, page 229
    • For example, electromyographic measurement of faciomuscular contraction whilst participants view images of happy and angry faces demonstrates greater muscular activity in the left than right hemiface.2019 January 16, Victoria Heywood-Smith, “Facing the truth: are there hemifacial differences in the communication of trustworthiness?”, in Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition

Origin of faciomuscular

From facio- + muscular.

Words that rhyme with faciomuscular

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Questions about faciomuscular

What does faciomuscular mean?
Faciomuscular means relating to the muscles of the face.
What part of speech is faciomuscular?
Faciomuscular is an adjective.

Words near faciomuscular in the dictionary

  1. faciolingual
  2. faciolopsiasis
  3. faciomaxillary
  4. faciometric
  5. faciometrics
  6. faciomuscular
  7. facioplasty
  8. facioplegia
  9. Facios
  10. facioscapular
  11. facioscapulohumeral

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