hemifacial

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ facial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

hemifacial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
   • 2015 June 3, Tsuyoshi Shimo et al., “Installing an original sleeve for rod unaccessible pain from a distraction device in a hemifacial microsomia patient”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports‎^[1], volume 12, →DOI:

     Distraction osteogenesis of the mandible is widely used for improving the morphology of the facial skeleton in patients with hemifacial microsomia.