faciomuscular

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adjective

Relating to the muscles of the face.

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Meanings

adjectivefaciomuscular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareanatomyRelating 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
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    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

From facio- + muscular.

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Translations

French faciomusculaire
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with faciomuscular

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APA

faciomuscular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faciomuscular

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“faciomuscular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faciomuscular. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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