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hemifacial en · ADJ

Etymology

From hemi- + facial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating 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: