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the peculiar rounded face observed in various conditions, such as Cushing syndrome, or following administration of corticosteroids.
Moon facies associated with corticosteroid therapy for chronic asthma.
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moon face — moon shaped face moon facies … Medical dictionary
Facies — A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face. * * * 1. [TA] SYN: face (1). 2. [NA] SYN: surface. 3. SYN: expression (2). [L.] acromial articular f. of clavicle SYN: acromial facet of clavicle. adenoid f. the open mouthed and often … Medical dictionary
Moon face — For other uses, see moonface (disambiguation). Moon face Classification and external resources DiseasesDB 30817 MedlinePlus 003105 … Wikipedia
Facies (medical) — SignSymptom infobox Name = Facies (medical) Caption = DiseasesDB = 18724 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = In medical contexts, facies are distinctive facial expressions associated with specific… … Wikipedia
face — 1. The front portion of the head; the visage including eyes, nose, mouth, forehead, cheeks, and chin; excludes ears. SYN: facies (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: surface. bird f. SYN: brachygnathia. cow f. SYN: facies bovina … Medical dictionary
cushingoid — Resembling the signs and symptoms of Cushing disease or syndrome : moon facies, buffalo hump obesity, striations, adiposity, hypertension, diabetes, and osteoporosis, usually due to exogenous corticosteroids … Medical dictionary
Cushing syndrome — The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing syndrome is an extremely complex hormonal condition that involves many areas of the body. Common symptoms are thinning of the skin, weakness, weight gain,… … Medical dictionary
Cushing's syndrome — n an abnormal bodily condition that is caused by excess corticosteroids and esp. cortisol usu. from adrenal or pituitary hyperfunction and that is characterized by a variety of signs and symptoms including esp. a change in appearance marked by… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Caloris Group — The Caloris group is a set of geologic units on Mercury. McCauley and others[1] have proposed the name “Caloris Group” to include the mappable units created by the impact that formed the Caloris Basin and have formally named four formations… … Wikipedia
