Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faciomuscular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fa-ciomus-cu-lar
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the muscles of the face.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"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."

Etymology

From facio- + muscular.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: facio

Rhymes With

nonmuscular hypermuscular perimuscular promuscular transmuscular extramuscular retromuscular hepatocardiomuscular paramuscular premuscular epimuscular psychoneuromuscular

Questions

What does faciomuscular mean?: Relating to the muscles of the face.
Where does faciomuscular come from?: From facio- + muscular.

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