cervicofacial

English

Etymology

cervico- +‎ facial

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

cervicofacial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the neck and face.
    • 2015 June 4, Stamatis Katsenos et al., “Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review”, in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases‎, volume 2015, →DOI:
      Practically, any organ system of the human body can be affected; pulmonary form comprises 15% of all actinomycosis cases and it is primarily caused by aspiration of oropharyngeal or upper gastrointestinal materials, albeit it can sometimes occur after local spread of cervicofacial infection or hematogenous spread.

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