Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemifacial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-fa-cial
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From hemi- + facial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Rhymes With

racial facial spatial glacial multiracial biracial palatial maxillofacial craniofacial interglacial spacial subglacial

Questions

What does hemifacial mean?: Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
Where does hemifacial come from?: From hemi- + facial.

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