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Disease

Bell's palsy

MONDO:0005665Mondo

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No curated finding names Bell's palsy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.

Definition

Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face. It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. It is usually temporary but it may recur.

Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005665), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.

Where it sits

A kind of: cranial nerve palsy
facial nerve disorder
facial paralysis
Narrower terms (1): geniculate herpes zoster

Other names

5 names

Resolves to: Bell's palsy

Also called: facial nerve palsyfacial nerve paralysisnerve paralysis, Facialpalsy of facial nerveparalysis Of Facial nerve