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noun
Facies  n.  
1.
The anterior part of the head; the face.
2.
(Biol.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.
3.
(Zool.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.
Facies Hippocratica. (Med.) See Hippocratic.






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"Facies" Quotes from Famous Books



... inspicitur: septemtrionalia ejus, nullis contra terris, vasto atque aperto mari pulsantur. Formam totius Britanniae Livius veterum, Fabius Rusticus recentium eloquentissimi auctores, oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere: et est ea facies citra Caledoniam, unde et in universum fama est transgressa: sed immensunt et enorme spatium procurrentium extremo jam littore terrarum, velut in cuneum tenuatur. Hanc oram novissimi maris tunc primum Romana ...
— Germania and Agricola • Caius Cornelius Tacitus

... poor devil, he pretended to see him for the first time, murmured something about "cornea," "opaque cornea," "sclerotic," "facies," then asked ...
— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert

... unc. j cerussae candidissimae, [Symbol: Dram]jjj. caphurae, [Symbol: Scruple]jj. dissolvantur aquarum solani, lactucae, et nenupharis ana unc. jjj. aceti vini albi. unc. jj. aliquot horas resideat, deinde transmittatur per philt. aqua servetur in vase vitreo, ac ea bis terve facies quotidie irroretur. [4363]Quercetan spagir. phar. cap. 6. commends the water of frog's spawn for ruddiness in the face. [4364]Crato consil. 283. Scoltzii would fain have them use all summer the condite flowers of succory, strawberry water, roses (cupping-glasses are ...
— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior



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