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max facs

max facs

6.8
Surgery on the jaw and face to fix injuries or problems
  • noun
  • /mæks fæks/
  • Jargon
translation icon : cirugía maxilofacial
  • The patient required max facs after a serious car accident.

Examples

  • She needs max facs to correct her jaw alignment.

  • Many complicated injuries are treated in the max facs department at this hospital.

  • I'm considering a career in max facs because I find facial reconstruction fascinating.

  • Have you heard about max facs procedures?

  • Many complicated injuries are treated in the max facs department at this hospital.

  • The patient required max facs after a serious car accident.

  • I'm considering a career in max facs because I find facial reconstruction fascinating.

Surface Forms

max facs singular
max facs plural

Morphology

max + facs

This phrase is an informal, domain-specific abbreviation for maxillofacial surgery; the constituents as given ('max' = maximum, 'facs' = not a lexical item) do not transparently map onto 'surgery on the jaw and face.' Because it is a specialised abbreviation rather than a compositional phrase, a B1 learner who only knows the listed constituent meanings would not be able to derive the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Max facs is a casual short form of 'maxillofacial surgery'. The part max points to the 'jaw' and facs to 'face' surgery, so max facs names the hospital team or department that fixes broken jaws and repairs faces after accidents.