fascia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fas=ci=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

fascia, n. [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.].

•  A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A broad well-defined band of color.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fascia, n. (also facia)
1 Brit. a the instrument panel of a motor vehicle. b any similar panel or plate for operating machinery.
2 the upper part of a shop-front with the proprietor's name etc.
3 Archit. a a long flat surface between mouldings on the architrave in classical architecture. b a flat surface, usu. of wood, covering the ends of rafters.
4 a stripe or band.
5 Anat. a thin sheath of fibrous tissue.

Derivative

fascial adj.

Etymology

L, = band, door-frame, etc.

THESAURUS

fascia

Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, anklet, armlet, band, bandage, batten, belt, bracelet, cellophane tape, cincture, cingulum, cloth tape, collar, collarband, earring, ecliptic, equator, fillet, finger ring, friction tape, girdle, girt, girth, great circle, hoop, lath, ligula, ligule, list, masking tape, neckband, necklace, nose ring, plank, plastic tape, quoit, ribband, ribbon, ring, shred, slat, slip, spill, spline, strake, strap, strip, strop, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, ticker tape, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

ROGET THESAURUS

fascia

Filament

N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.

Circularity

N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.