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parafacial

parafacial adjective: relating to the area between the ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of insects.

Adjective

parafacial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the area between the ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of insects.
    • The substantia innominata of the BF is reported to project to the SWS-promoting parvicellular area of the reticular nucleus (also called the parafacial zone) [38 , 39 ].2015 July 8, “Silencing of Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons Using Archaerhodopsin Prolongs Slow-Wave Sleep in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Relating to the area adjacent to the facial motor nucleus, especially the retrotrapezoid nucleus.

Origin of parafacial

From para- + facial.

Words that rhyme with parafacial

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Questions about parafacial

What does parafacial mean?
Parafacial means relating to the area between the ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of insects.
What part of speech is parafacial?
Parafacial is an adjective.

Words near parafacial in the dictionary

  1. paraesthetic
  2. paraetymology
  3. paraexciton
  4. paraexcitonic
  5. paraexcitons
  6. parafacial
  7. parafalcine
  8. parafango
  9. parafascicular
  10. parafasciole
  11. parafascioles

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