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FACIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: faciae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc

Synonyms:

facia; fascia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("facia" is a kind of...):

connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "facia"):

aponeurosis (any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons)

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