facial
Of or affecting the face.
Other meanings
Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
of a law or regulation validity On its face; as it appears as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc..
“The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.”
Related words
- brachiofacial
- dentomaxillofacial
- lithofacial
- occipitofacial
- omnifacial
- facial disc
- facial composite
- transverse facial artery
- facial cream
- facial discrimination
- facial expression
- facial feature
Word history
From Medieval Latin "faciālis" (face-to-face, direct, open).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “facial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.