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Foix-Chavany-Marie_syndrome

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome

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Noun

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome ‎(uncountable)

  1. A partial paralysis of the face, pharynx and jaw caused by bilateral damage to the operculum.

Etymology

It was described in 1926 by Charles Foix, Jean Alfred Émile Chavany and Julien Marie.

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