Meanings
adjectivehemifacial (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
Distraction osteogenesis of the mandible is widely used for improving the morphology of the facial skeleton in patients with hemifacial microsomia.
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
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hemifacial
facialspatialracialglacialmaxillofacialmultiracialcraniofacialpalatialbiracialinterglacialorofacialsubglacialpostglacialperiglacialdentofacialabbatialacousticofacialacrofacialbasifacialbifacialbrachyfacialbuccofacialcardiofacialcentrofacial
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APA
hemifacial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemifacial
MLA
“hemifacial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemifacial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemifacial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemifacial.
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