FACIES

(Lat.), n. f. Fa(fa3)'si2(ki2)-ez(e2s). Gen., facie'i. Fr., /. Ger., An enflTLChe (1st def.), Angesicht (2d def.). 1. The general exterior appearance of anything. LA, 385.] 2. The face, particularly with reference to its general appearance as indicative of health or of some special form of disease. Corvisart's f. See F. cardia que. F. agoniqtie (Fr.). See F. hippocratica. F. articular is. An articular surface. F. asystolique (Fr.). See F. cardia que. F. auricular is. See Auricular FACET. F. cadaveric a. See F'. hippocratica. F. can ceros a. The facial appearance characteristic of cancerous disease, [a, 29.] F. cardia que (Fr.). Of Corvisart, an apathetic or anxious expre ion, which may or may not be accompanied with cyanosis or oedema, sometimes seen in the early stages of chronic disease of the heart. [L.] F. choleric a, F. choler i tic a. Fr., /. choler i que. Ger., Choler ages i clit. The peculiar f. of malignant cholera. The eyes are sunken, red, and congested, the cornea is flattened, the spaces beneath the orbits are livid, the features are pinched and rigid, the lips and tongue are purple, and the complexion is thick and muddy. [A, 326 (a, 21); D, 1.] F. gastric a. The f. of patients suffering from chronic diseases of the stomach: characterized by deeply marked labial and nasal lines, pallor, and emaciation. [A, 326 (o, 21).] F. hippocratica. Fr., /. hippocratique. Ger., Hippocratisches Gesicht. A peculiar f. first described by Hippo crates as an indication of approaching death, but which may result from long continued diarrhoea. It consists in a sharp nose, hollow eyes, collapsed temples, cold, contracted ears, the lobes being turned outward, the skin of the forehead rough, distended, and parched, and the color of the face green, black, livid, or lead-colored. [D, 25.] F. hysteric a. The f. characteristic of hysteria. It consists mainly in a restle and unsettled expre ion, the facial muscles being in active contraction. [D, 35.] F. leontina, F. leprosa. See LEONTIASIS. F. ovarian a, F. ovarica. Of Spencer Wells, the f. of women suffering from ovarian cysts: characterized, according to Winckel, by very prominent cheek bones, a sharp nose, sharply defined nostrils, compre ed lips, depre ed corners of the mouth, deep wrinkles in the vicinity of the mouth, and a furrowed forehead. [C. K. Briddon, " N. Y. Med. Jour.," Feb. 8. 1890, p. 141; A. 326 (a, 21).] F. pneumonique (Fr.). The f. of pneumonia; characterized by general suffusion and animation, and by marked dilatation of the nostrils with each inspiratory effort. [L, 88 (o, 18).] F. progenaea. Ger., progende Schddelbildung. A deformity of the skull a ociated with idiocy and due to arrested development of the base of the skull in childhood. It is characterized by a very prominent inferior maxilla, a narrow face, depre ed below the chin and forehead, a much developed crown, and a slightly developed posterior part of the head. [A, 326 (a, 21).] F. rubra. See ROSACEA.-F. tetanic a. The facial and bodily appearance characteristic of tetanus, [a, 29.] F. tubercular is. The appearance characteristic of tubercular disease, [a, 29.1 F. tortiialis. See F. hippocratica. F. uterina. Fr., /. uterin. 1. The uterine surface of the placenta. 2. A peculiar change in the appearance of the face, described by Aran as seen in cases of suppuration within the pelvis; the face becomes pale, but of a shade intermediate between the dead white of anaemia and the yellowish dead-leaf tint of cancer. [A, 62.] F. vara. A more or le pronounced depre ion of the outline of the inferior maxilla resulting chiefly from contracture of the external pterygoid muscle. [A, 326 (o, 21).] Wells's f. See F. ovarica. [s. 797]