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Macies vs Facies - What's the difference?

macies | facies |

As a noun macies

is (archaic|medicine) emaciation; atrophy.

As a verb facies is

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macies

English

Noun

macies (pluralonly)
  • (archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.
    • ----

    facies

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (plurale tantum) Appearance.
  • *
    • The Chilean Amphijubula'' Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small ''Frullania'' and agrees with ''Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.
  • (plurale tantum, medicine) Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions (e.g. costive facies ).
  • (geology) A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting the way it was formed.

    • Derived terms

    * biofacies * lithofacies * masked facies ----