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What (who) is moon-faced - definition

CHARACTERISTIC ROUND FACE SIDE EFFECT TO ELEVATED CORTICOSTEROIDS
Cushingoid facies; Steroid facies; Moon facies; Moon faces; Cushings-like face; Cushings-like faces; Moonfaces; Moonfaced; Moon-faces; Moon-faced; Moon faced

moon-faced         
¦ adjective having a round face.
Moon-faced         
·adj Having a round, full face.
Moon type         
  • The Moon alphabet, including some contractions
WRITING SYSTEM FOR THE BLIND
Moon code; Moon alphabet; Moon System of Embossed Reading; Moon Writing; Moon (writing system); ISO 15924:Moon; Moon script
The Moon System of Embossed Reading (commonly known as the Moon writing, Moon alphabet, Moon script, Moon type, or Moon code) is a writing system for the blind, using embossed symbols mostly derived from the Latin script (but simplified). It is claimed by its supporters to be easier to understand than braille, though it is mainly used by people who have lost their sight as adults, and thus already have knowledge of the shapes of letters.

Wikipedia

Moon face

A Moon face is a medical sign in which the face develops a rounded appearance (reminiscent of the "Man in the Moon") due to fat deposits on the sides of the face.

Examples of use of moon-faced
1. Fradkov, a diminutive, moon–faced man with a soft voice, would be a model operative for the security services, Kryshtanovskaya said.
2. A lot of them fail to capture the spirituality of Zen Buddhism and the reality of life here," says the abbot, a large, moon–faced man who wears a jumper under his saffron robes to keep out the winter chill.
3. Look no further than Gordon Ramsay, who when critics compared him with 46–year–old Simon Cowell this week, remarked: ‘I‘m 3' and my boobs aren‘t as big as Simon‘s.‘ Then there‘s Piers Morgan, the former editor of the Mirror, who described Private Eye editor Ian Hislop as a ‘moon–faced midget‘ and ‘a poisonous little twerp‘ in 2002 before launching a campaign offering readers 50 for any scandal on him.
4. The crowd did not rise to their feet in moon–faced rapture to hail a new leader, a la David Cameron at Blackpool, but nor did they descend into a collective stupor: this was not, as a Blairite source warned hopefully, the chancellor‘s "David Davis moment". The modesty of that achievement was unusual for Brown, who normally wows the Labour conference, playing all the old tunes – 1'45, the NHS, Aneurin Bevan – they long to hear.