maxillofacial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: max-illo-fa-cial
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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the jaw and face.

Example Sentences

"Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview."
"It wasn't long after arriving in Boulongne that Valadier convinced the general staff at the hospital to allow him to establish a temporary jaw unit in nearby Wimereux to handle the large number of maxillofacial injuries arriving from the front."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin māxillader. English maxillo- Latin faciēs Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English maxillofacial From maxillo- + facial.

Frequently Paired Words

maxilla facial

Rhymes With

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