facies

(fash'e-Sz) [L.] i. Face, countenance. 2. Expre ion. 3. [BNA] Surface, f. abdomina'- lis, a pinched expre ion of the face occurring in one suffering from disease of the abdominal viscera, f. ante'rior [BNA], the anterior or proximal contact surface of a premolar or molar tooth, f. bucca'lis [BNA], the buccal surface of a premolar or molar tooth, f. cerebra'lis, the internal surface of a cranial bone. f. contac'tus [BNA], contact surface, that surface of a tooth which touches its neighbor in the same row; it is called the proximal surface (f medial is of canine or incisor, f. anterior of premolar or molar) when it looks toward the preceding tooth in the row, the distal surface (f. lateral is of canine or incisor, f. posterior of premolar or molar) when it looks toward the succeeding tooth in the row. f. hepat'ica, a thin face, with sallow skin, yellowish conjunctivae, and sunken eyeballs, noted in certain chronic affections of the liver, f. hippocrat'ica, Hippocratic* facies. f. labia'lis [BNA], the anterior, or labial, surface of an incisor or canine tooth, f. later a'lis [BNA], the lateral or distal surface of an incisor or canine tooth, that