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English
Etymology
From facio- + muscular.
Pronunciation
Adjective
faciomuscular (not comparable)
- (anatomy, very rare) Relating to the muscles of the face.
1987 December, “Aesthetic considerations in the reconstruction of the anophthalmic orbit”, in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, volume 11, number 1, page 229:Then a temporalis faciomuscular flap is used over the bone grafts to contour them and produce the needed cushion effect to accept the prosthesis, so all bone chip edges are softened […]
2019 January 16, Victoria Heywood-Smith, “Facing the truth: are there hemifacial differences in the communication of trustworthiness?”, in Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition:For example, electromyographic measurement of faciomuscular contraction whilst participants view images of happy and angry faces demonstrates greater muscular activity in the left than right hemiface.
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