1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 250/2Faciobrachial, pertaining to the face and arm. Faciocervical, affecting the face and neck. Faciolingual, pertaining to the face and tongue.
Ibid. 252/1Facioscapulo-humeral, pertaining to the face, scapula, and arm.
1910 Osler & McCrae Syst. Med. VII. 124The facio-scapulo-humeral type . [ of progressive muscular dystrophy]
1922 F. W. Price Textbk. Pract. Med. 1577When the wasting begins in the face (facio-scapulo-humeral type).
1922 A. A. Stevens Pract. Med. 916In a few instances recurrent facial paralysis seems to have been an accompaniment of migraine (facioplegic migraine).
1946 Nature 2 Nov. 612/1 Special hospital units for thoracic, facio-maxillary and head injuries.
facio-
relating to the face:
relating to the face:
facioplegia, faciolingual
facio-
combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin facies form, shape, face — more at face
1. : facial and
< faciolingual >
2. : facial
< facioplegia >
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< faciolingual >
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< facioplegia >