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IN BRIEF: Of or for the face. Also: a treatment for the face, usually consisting of a massage and the application of cosmetic creams.

Her facial features were very distinctive so she was easily recognizable.

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Of or pertaining to the face.

• f. abscess — see malar abscess.
• f. cleft — very uncommon congenital defect of failure of closure at various facial sites, e.g. cleft from corner of mouth to ear on the same side.
• f. dermatitis — see contagious porcine pyoderma.
• f. eczema — hepatogenous photosensitization in sheep and cattle, by the ingestion of sporidesmin from the the fungus Pithomyces chartarum. It grows best on litter in pasture composed of plants with heavy leaf growth, e.g. perennial rye and white clover. Many animals die early because of the hepatic insufficiency combined with the widespread tissue damage.
• f. fold dermatitis — see fold dermatitis.
• f. hyperostosis — see hyperparathyroidism.
• idiopathic f. dermatosis of Persian cats — inflammation of the periocular, perioral skin and sometimes chin associated with the accumulation of black material matting the skin. External ear canals may also become involved. The cause is unknown.
• f. nerve — the seventh cranial nerve; its motor fibers supply the muscles of facial expression. These are a complex group of cutaneous muscles that move the eyebrows, eyelids, ears, corners of the mouth, and other parts of the face. The sensory fibers of the facial nerve provide a sense of taste in the forward two-thirds of the tongue, and also supply the submaxillary, sublingual and lacrimal glands for secretion.
• f. nerve root granuloma — chronic, inflammatory disease in calves characterized by space-occupying, granulomatous lesions on the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves and clinical signs of facial paralysis and balance abnormalities.
• f. paralysis — characterized by unilateral signs related to facial movements and asymmetry of the face. There is droopiness of the ear and an inability to move it, drooping of the eyelid, sagging and drooping of the lower lip and deviation of the nose to the normal side.

  Facial paralysis in a horse. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003

• f. sinus — see malar abscess.
• f. sinusitis — infection and inflammation occurs secondarily to rhinitis or to damage to a horn or dehorning. Neoplasia of a horn core may extend into the sinus.
• f. tumor disease — see tasmanian devil facial tumor disease.

For a list of words related to facial, see:

• Grooming Aids and Processes - facial: deep cleaning of pores of face

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ansigts-, facial
n. - ansigtsbehandling

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezichtsbehandeling, gezichts-

Français (French)
adj. - facial, du visage, au visage
n. - soin du visage, massage facial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Gesichts-
n. - kosmetische Gesichtsbehandlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ανατ.) προσωπικός, του προσώπου
n. - (καλλυντική) περιποίηση προσώπου

Italiano (Italian)
facciale, trattamento del viso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - facial
n. - massagem (f) (facial)

Русский (Russian)
массаж лица, косметическая маска, лицевой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - facial
n. - masaje facial, tratamiento facial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ansikts-
n. - ansiktsbehandling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脸的, 脸部用的, 美颜术, 脸部按摩术

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 臉的, 臉部用的
n. - 美顏術, 臉部按摩術

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얼굴의
n. - 얼굴마사지

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 顔の, 顔に用いる, 顔面の
n. - 美顔術

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) له صله بالوجه (الاسم) تدليك للوجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של הפנים, של הפרצוף‬
n. - ‮עיסוי פנים‬

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