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Facial Expressions

This document defines and describes various terms referring to facial expressions that can indicate healthy or pathological states. It provides definitions for terms like "facies composita" referring to a normal healthy face and "facies dolorosa" referring to a facial expression of pain. It also defines terms referring to specific diseases that cause distinctive facial features, such as "facies alcoholica" for a bloated red face from excessive drinking or "facies pneumonica" for a blush on the cheek of the affected lung in pneumonia patients. The document also includes two eponyms - "facies Hippocratica" describing a deathly pale cyanotic face seen in severe abdominal diseases and "facies Parkinsonica" for

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Facial Expressions

This document defines and describes various terms referring to facial expressions that can indicate healthy or pathological states. It provides definitions for terms like "facies composita" referring to a normal healthy face and "facies dolorosa" referring to a facial expression of pain. It also defines terms referring to specific diseases that cause distinctive facial features, such as "facies alcoholica" for a bloated red face from excessive drinking or "facies pneumonica" for a blush on the cheek of the affected lung in pneumonia patients. The document also includes two eponyms - "facies Hippocratica" describing a deathly pale cyanotic face seen in severe abdominal diseases and "facies Parkinsonica" for

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

/1/ General term:


• facies, faciei, f. face; expression, countenance (typical of a certain disease or state)

/2/ Terms referring to healthy or pathological state:


• f. composita “normal, natural face”, i.e. composed, regular face of a healthy person
• f. dolorosa facial expression of a person suffering from pain
• f. febrilis feverous face expression, i.e. restless, discomposed characterized by
shiny eyes and redness in face
• f. plethorica hyperemic face with florid, red complexion due to excessive circulation
of blood

/3/ Terms referring to a certain disease/dysfunction of a certain organ:


• f. alcoholica / aethylica bloated, persistently red face as a consequence of excessive
drinking
• f. pneumonica one-sided blush on the same cheek as the lung affected by pneumonia
• f. nephritica oedematous, pale face due to the inflammation of kidneys with swelling
appearing most around eyes
• f. cardiaca oedematous, pale, and yellowish face with cyanotic hue; half open mouth,
cyanotic lips; typically accompanies heart failure
• f. anaemica very pale face with greenish tint in patients with iron deficiency
• f. mitralis blush on cheeks, cyanotic tip of the nose and ears; the patient looks
younger his/her age; typical of patients with mitral stenosis
• f. gastrica facial expression typical of acute stomach problems; deep nasolabial fold
• f. tuberculosa / hectica exhausted, pale face with blush on cheeks, “burning” eyes, dry
lips, excited countenance, half open mouth
• f. morbillosa “unhappy” facial expression with rash and reddened eyes sensitive to
light; typical of children suffering from measles
• f. syphilitica melancholic facial expression with saddle nose deformation; typical of
the patients having the late congenital syphilis (syphilis congenital
tarda)
• f. tetanica / risus sardonicus
facial expression typical of tetanus patients; mouth widened as in laughter, but the skin
on forehead as if expressing grief; tonic spasm of mimic and chewing muscles
• f. leontina the lion-like facial appearance occurring in patients with certain forms of
leprosy

/4/ Eponyms:
• facies Hippocratica → facies abdominalis
sunken eyes, pinched nose, deadly livid and cyanotic skin sometimes covered with
large drops of cold sweat, specific for the collapse due to severe disease of abdominal
organs accompanied by peritonitis (rupture of gall bladder, perforated ulcer in stomach
or duodenum)
• facies Parkinsonica / oleosa
amimic face with characteristic stare; the patient seems to lean forward to the
observer; oily skin of face, sometimes drooling occurs; typical of patients with
advanced Parkinson's disease (morbus Parkinson)

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