Meanings
adjectiveparafacial (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating 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 - not comparableRelating to the area adjacent to the facial motor nucleus, especially the retrotrapezoid nucleus.
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Rhymes with parafacial
facialspatialracialglacialmaxillofacialmultiracialcraniofacialpalatialbiracialinterglacialorofacialsubglacialpostglacialperiglacialhemifacialdentofacialabbatialacousticofacialacrofacialbasifacialbifacialbrachyfacialbuccofacialcardiofacial
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parafacial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parafacial
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“parafacial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parafacial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parafacial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parafacial.
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