facies.
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Meaning & usage
General appearance.
Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions.
costive facies
A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, and fossil content.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēsbor. English facies Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face.
plural of facie
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