Hippocratic face
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The '''Hippocratic face''' (''facies Hippocratica'' in [[Latin]]) is the change produced in the [[face]] by impending [[death]],<ref name="urlDorlands Medical Dictionary:hippocratic facies">{{cite web |url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/nine/18770921.htm |title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hippocratic facies |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> or long [[sickness]], excessive [[defecation|evacuation]]s, excessive [[hunger]], and the like.
The [[nose]] is pinched, the [[eye]]s are sunken, the temples hollow, the [[ears]] cold and retracted, the [[skin]] of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold.
The Hippocratic face is so called because it was first described by [[Hippocrates]].
A related term is [[cachexia]].
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