Fascia

[feiʃiә]

Definition

(noun.) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.

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Definition

(n.) A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

(n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.

(n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

(n.) A broad well-defined band of color.

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Definition

n. (archit.) a flat space or band between mouldings: (anat.) a layer of condensed connective tissue between some muscle and any other tissue.—adjs. Fas′cial; Fas′ciated.—n. Fasciā′tion (bot.) a form of monstrosity by the flattening of a single stem or the lateral union of several stems.

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