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facial (adj.)

c. 1600, "face to face," from French facial, from Medieval Latin facialis "of the face," from facies (see face (n.)). Meaning "pertaining to the face" in English is from 1786. The noun meaning "beauty treatment for the face" is from 1914, American English. Middle English had faciale (n.) "face-cloth for a corpse" (early 14c.).

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Definitions of facial from WordNet
1
facial (n.)
cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles;
Synonyms: facial nerve / nervus facialis / seventh cranial nerve
facial (n.)
care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams;
2
facial (adj.)
of or concerning the face;
a facial massage
facial expression
facial hair
facial (adj.)
of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object;
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near facial

face-plate

facet

facetious

face-value

facia

facial

-facient

facile

facile princeps

facilis descensus Averni

facilitate

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