Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unilateral facial muscle paralysis of sudden onset, resulting from trauma, compression, or infection of the facial nerve and characterized by muscle weakness and a distorted facial expression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A paralysis of
cranial nerve VII (thefacial nerve ) resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Sir Charles Bell, (1774–1842), Scottish anatomist.]
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