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- noun anatomy The middle portion of the
face .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fossils exhibit both seemingly modern features, such as sunken cheekbones with a horizontal rather than vertical ridge where upper teeth attach and a projecting nose and midface, and more primitive ones, including prominent brow ridges and premolars with multiple roots.
A New Species? 1997
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Surgeon Angelica Kavouni, who performs this procedure in Harley Street says: "It's the invisible nip and tuck and is the perfect remedy for those looking for a little help, as it defines the jawline, lifts the midface and tightens the upper neck."
Evening Standard - Home Leah Hardy 2011
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It also causes malformations of the feet and hands and a sunken midface, which gave Mr. Wiese a severe underbite.
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"It is possible," he said, "but then again she might have just lost weight after pregnancy the old-fashioned way." blog post, he speculated that Roberts may have had surgery around her eyes and a "midface lift."
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"It is possible," he said, "but then again she might have just lost weight after pregnancy the old-fashioned way." blog post, he speculated that Roberts may have had surgery around her eyes and a "midface lift."
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Entertainment 2010
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The skull belonged a male, weighing some 15 to 20 kilograms, with a "snout-like projection of the midface," and was found in a black-mangrove environment in what is now Saudi Arabia.
Scientific American 2010
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The supporting platform provided by the skeleton of the midface is different.
PRWeb 2009
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She lost her hands, nose, upper and lower lips, eyelids and the bony structures in her midface in the attack.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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Mainly the abscence of a chin, the extreme prognathic midface, the larger brows, and the much lower cranial vault.
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The supporting platform provided by the skeleton of the midface is different.
PRWeb 2009
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