hemifacial

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ facial

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

hemifacial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
    • 2015 June 3, Tsuyoshi Shimo et al., “Installing an original sleeve for rod unaccessible pain from a distraction device in a hemifacial microsomia patient”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports‎, volume 12, →DOI:
      Distraction osteogenesis of the mandible is widely used for improving the morphology of the facial skeleton in patients with hemifacial microsomia.
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