fascia

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæʃə/, /ˈfæʃjə/, /ˈfæʃi.ə/ IPA(key): /ˈfeɪʃə/, /ˈfeɪʃjə/, /ˈfeɪʃi.ə/ (especially sense 1) Rhymes: -æʃə === Noun === fascia (plural fascias or fasciae or fasciæ) (architecture) 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. Synonym: frieze A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. Synonym: case (UK) A dashboard. Synonym: dashboard (architecture) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. A broad well-defined band of color. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. (ecclesiastical, fashion) A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches. Synonym: sash (anatomy) 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, David Lesondak, Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters, Handspring Publishing, page 3, Figure 1.1Close-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 signboard above a shop or other location open to the public. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural fascias is the one usually used in English for most senses; the plural fasciae may sometimes be encountered, especially for the anatomical sense 8. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === AFAICS, facias == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin fascia. Compare Spanish haza, Portuguese faixa, Romanian fașă. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaʃ.ʃa/ Homophone: Fascia Rhymes: -aʃʃa Hyphenation: fà‧scia === Noun === fascia f (plural fasce) strip, band headband bandage sash (geography) belt (heraldry) fess === See also === bandana === References === === Anagrams === Caifas, fiasca, scafai == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfas.ki.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaʃ.ʃi.a] === Noun === fascia f (genitive fasciae); first declension band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon (New Latin) necktie ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== fasciō fasciola ==== Descendants ==== === References === “fascia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fascia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fascia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fascia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fascia”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “fascia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fascia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fascia. Doublet of faja and haz. === Noun === fascia f (plural fascias) (anatomy) fascia (a layer of loose tissue) === Further reading === “fascia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025