You know this smile: the strenuous contraction of circumoral fascia w/ incomplete zygomatic involvement, the smile that doesnt quite reach the smiler’s eyes and that signifies nothing more than a calculated attempt to advance the smiler’s own interests by pretending to like the smilee. From: (1997) by David Foster Wallace, page 289.
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circumoral — CIRCUMORÁL, Ă, circumorali, e, adj. (anat.) Care este situat în jurul gurii; perioral. – Din fr. circumoral. Trimis de hai, 17.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 CIRCUMORÁL, Ă adj. Situat în jurul gurii; perioral. [cf. lat. circum – în jurul, os, oris –… … Dicționar Român
circumoral — Relativo o perteneciente al área de la cara que rodea la boca. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
circumoral — SYN: perioral. [circum + L. os (oris), mouth] * * * cir·cum·oral ōr əl, ȯr , är adj surrounding the mouth <circumoral pallor> * * * adj. situated around the mouth. * * * cir·cum·oral (sur″kəm orґəl) [circum + oral]… … Medical dictionary
circumoral — adj. [L. circum, around; os, mouth] Encircling the mouth … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
circumoral — cir·cum·oral … English syllables
circumoral — adj. situated around the mouth … The new mediacal dictionary
circumoral — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: circum + oral : surrounding the mouth … Useful english dictionary
circumoral teeth — the innermost row of teeth lateral to the mouth of lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) … Dictionary of ichthyology
circumoral connective — (Order Stomatopoda): One of two long strands of nerve tissue surrounding anterior section of digestive tract and joining supraesophageal ganglion to postoral ganglion. (Syn. esophageal connective) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
Циркуморальный (Circumoral) — расположенный вокруг полости рта. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
