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Webster 1913 Edition
Fascia
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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.
(Zool.)
A broad well-defined band of color.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fascia
FAS'CIA
,Noun.
1.
A band, sash or fillet. In architecture, any flat member with a small projecture, as the band of an architrave. Also, in brick buildings, the jutting of the bricks beyond the windows in the several stories except the highest.2.
In astronomy, the belt of a planet.3.
In surgery, a bandage, roller or ligature.4.
In anatomy, a tendinous expansion or aponeurosis; a thin tendinous covering which surrounds the muscles of the limbs, and binds them in their places.