facies
📖 Definitions
noun
1. General appearance.
2. In medicine, a distinctive appearance associated with a pathological condition.
3. In geology, a body of rock with specific characteristics.
💬 Usage Examples
“The cholera victim no longer has any face: he has a facies -- a facies that could only mean cholera. The eye, sunk deep in its socket and seemingly atrophied.” Jean Giono; The Horseman on the Roof; North Point Press; 1982.