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 (the facial 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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