midfacialadj.
/mɪdˈfeɪʃl/, U.S. /ˌmɪdˈfeɪʃ(ə)l/ Physical Anthropology and Medicine.
Of or relating to the middle part of the face. Cf. midface adj.
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1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 130 The relation of the breadth of the middle portion of the face..to the bi-zygomatic breadth..is as 52·5 and 53·9 to 100... This is the mid-facial index of Kolmann.
1960 Current Anthropol. 1 216/2 The infraorbital zygo-maxillary region..differs substantially from from the mid-facial morphology of the Choukoutien people.
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 663/2 The giant cell-vasculitic nonhealing midfacial granuloma.
1989 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 1236/1 Robert's syndrome: autosomal recessive ‘pseudothalidomide’ syndrome with hypomelia, mid-facial defect, and severe growth deficiency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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