Relating to both the face and the arm, especially in medical contexts describing conditions affecting these areas together.
From Latin 'facies' (face) + 'brachium' (arm) + '-al' (adjective suffix). This is a modern medical term combining two anatomical Latin roots to describe syndromes affecting face and arm together.
Faciobrachial dystonia is a rare condition where people have involuntary muscle contractions of their face and arm—doctors use these compound Latin-based words to pack huge amounts of anatomical information into one term!
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