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Facial(medicine)

facial nerve (medicine) and conviction (oh)


facial nerve (medicine)


facial nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The facial nerve enervates the muscles of the face (facial expression).

Lesion of the facial nerve cause a drooping to one side of the face, inability to wrinkle the forehead, inability to whistle, inability to close the eye and deviation of the mouth to the unaffected side.

Synonym: cranial nerve VII.


conviction (oh)



[C] a very strong belief or opinion
religious/political etc convictions
::a woman of strong political convictions
deep/strong conviction
::The Dotens have a deep conviction that Marriage is for life.
conviction that
::The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.
[U] the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts
with/without conviction
::He was able to say with conviction that he had changed.
::'No,' she said, without conviction.
::It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction .
::It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said) .
[U and C] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the process of proving that someone is guilty
-opposite acquittal acquittal
::They had no previous convictions.
::Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.
conviction for
::This was her third conviction for theft.
::the trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone
-see also have the courage of your convictions at courage (2)