Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fascia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fascia \Fas"ci*a\, n.; pl. {Fasci[ae]}. [L., a band: cf. It.
fascia. See {Fasces}, and cf. {Fess}.]
1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage
or roller.

2. (Arch.) 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}.

3. (Anat.) 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.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A broad well-defined band of color.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fascia
n : a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or
binding together muscles and organs etc [syn: {facia}]


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