Fā'cial or Facial angle, a.

(fā'shal), a. [L. Lat. facialis, from facies, face; Fr., Pr., & O. Sp. facial.] Pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.

Facial angle (Anat.), the angle formed, in a profile view of the face, by two straight lines, one of which is drawn from the middle of the external entrance of the ear to the base of the nose, and the other from the prominent center of the forehead to the most prominent part of the upper jaw-bone; as in the angle which the line a b makes with the line c d in the cut. Camper.