fascia
/ˈfæʃə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.98 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
noun
A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
noun
A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
noun
noun
The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.
Example Sentences
- "The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae."
- "Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver."
- "2017, Andrea Pasini, Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco, 19: Fascial Anatomy of the Viscera, Torsten Liem, Paolo Tozzi, Anthony Chila (editors), Fascia in the Osteopathic Field, Handspring Publishing, page 173, This is evidence that the insertional fasciae are the ones that provide the connections between internal fasciae and muscular fascia, and between the different organs. The same pattern can be applied to the fasciae that surround the glands."
- "The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fascia, *bʰask-
Usage
- British usage