n, pl  -flies  1  pl  :  a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused esp. by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation  2  :  a bandage with wing-shaped extensions
adj :  being, relating to, or affecting the area of the face including both cheeks connected by a band across the nose <the typical lesion of lupus erythematosus>  <the area>  .
 
 
 
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