Dictionary

fascia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfæʃə/
• /ˈfeɪʃə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfeɪʃjə/
• /ˈfæʃjə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfæʃi.ə/
• /ˈfeɪʃi.ə/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
3. (UK) A dashboard.
4. A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
5. A broad well-defined band of color.
6. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
7. A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
8. 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.
   • 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 deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae. 2006, Dennis E. McDonnell, Steven J. Harrison, “10: Retropharyngeal Approach to the Occipitocervical Junction”, in Richard G. Fessler, Laligam N. Sekhar, editors, Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Thieme Medical Publishers, page 89:
   • Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver. 2017, David Lesondak, Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters, Handspring Publishing, page 3, Figure 1.1
   • 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. 2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023:
9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Forms

Deriveds

fasciectomy · fascia bulbi · neurofascia · fasciola · fascia adherens · myofascia · Buck's fascia · fascia lata · fasciitis · fasciate · fascialike · transversalis fascia · superficial fascia · fascial · Abernethy's fascia · plantar fascia

Synonyms

sash · frieze · dashboard · case

Translations (40)

bg корниз (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · ru поясо́к (band, sash, or fillet) · bg лента (band, sash, or fillet) · fi palkki (architecture: one of the three bands which make up the architrave) · de Faszie (tissue) · fi kalvojänne (aponeurosis) (tissue) · fi peitinkalvo (tissue) · hy փակեղ (tissue) · fi räystäslauta (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · fi otsalauta (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · sv fascia (tissue) · hu bőnye (tissue) · tr fasya (tissue) · bg арматурно табло (face or front cover of an appliance) · ca fàscia (tissue) · ru бинт (band, sash, or fillet) · nl boeiboord (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · bg полоса (broad well-defined band of color) · ru ле́нта (band, sash, or fillet) · fi faskia (tissue) · fi raita (broad well-defined band of color) · fi väriraita (broad well-defined band of color) · es fascia (tissue) · fi kalvo (tissue) · kk шандыр (tissue) · fi nauha (band, sash, or fillet) · fi päätylauta (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · cs povázka (tissue) · ru фа́сция (tissue) · nl boeideel (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · ru поло́ска (broad well-defined band of color) · fi sidekalvo (tissue) · ru фа́сция (band of material covering the ends of roof rafters) · cs fascie (tissue) · pt fáscia (tissue) · fi etulevy (face or front cover of an appliance) · cmn 筋膜 (tissue) · ru полоса́ (broad well-defined band of color) · bg бинт (band, sash, or fillet) · fi ihonalaiskudos (tissue)

wikidata: Q936531 · wikidata: Q5436625 · wikidata: Q1417134 · wikidata: Q1078244