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• Masklike face — An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a real face. A masklike face is seen in a number of disorders including Parkinson s disease and myotonic dystrophy. Also called masklike 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

• Face, masklike — An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a normal face. A masklike face is seen in a number of disorders including Parkinson s disease and myotonic dystrophy. Also called masklike facies …   Medical dictionary

• Parkinson facies — parkinsonian facies a stolid masklike expression of the face, with infrequent blinking, pathognomonic of parkinsonism …   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

• Parkinson disease — An abnormal condition of the nervous system caused by degeneration of an area of the brain called the basal ganglia, and by low production of the neurotransmitter dopamine. The first gene connected to Parkinson’s was recently identified, but it… …   Medical dictionary

• parkinsonism — 1. A neurologic syndrome usually resulting from deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of degenerative, vascular, or inflammatory changes in the basal ganglia; characterized by rhythmic muscular tremors, rigidity …   Medical dictionary

• drug-induced parkinsonism — a movement disorder seen in reaction to certain medications, such as neuroleptics, tricyclic antidepressants, and calcium channel blockers; characteristics include bradykinesia, masklike facies, tremors, and gait disturbance …   Medical dictionary

• Freeman-Sheldon syndrome — an autosomal dominant syndrome caused by mutation in the MYH3 gene (locus: 17p13.1), which encodes a myosin heavy chain. It consists of characteristic flattened, masklike facies; microstomia, the lips protruding as in whistling; deep set eyes… …   Medical dictionary

• 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