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What is the noun for fascia?

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fascia
  1. (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.
  2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
  3. (Britain) A dashboard.
  4. (architecture) 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. (ecclesiastical, fashion) A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
  8. (anatomy) 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.
  9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The lead was dressed over the top of the fascia boards and, on the inside, it was dressed over the wall plate and the lower part of each rafter.”
      “It has been found lying upon the semilunar fascia of the biceps, and over the aponeurosis of the forearm, instead of beneath those structures.”
      “Brighten up and refresh your mobile phone with a new fascia, cover or housing.”
fasciacyte
  1. (cytology) A fibroblastic cell, of the fascia, thought to produce hyaluronic acid in response to pain
fasciotomy
  1. (surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The various techniques of fasciotomy wound closure are: Split-thickness skin grafting.”
      “Although once popular, surgical intervention with fasciotomy for venomous snakebite is now reserved for selected rare cases and should never be performed prophylactically.”
      “Compartmental fasciotomy and isolating a muscle from neighboring muscles interfere with myofascial force transmission within the rat anterior crural compartment.”
fasciectomy
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of part of the fascia.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When the digit has been brought to full extension, a fasciectomy is performed.”
      “Auxilium believes that these rates compare favorably to recurrence rates from current surgical treatments, including open fasciectomy and needle aponeurotomy.”
fasciitis
  1. (medicine) Inflammation of the fascia.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The presence of calcaneal bone spurs on plain radiographs has no value in making or excluding the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis.”
      “Individuals with pes planus or pes cavus are at increased risk for developing plantar fasciitis.”
      “Necrotising fasciitis can affect any part of the body but the extremities, the perineum, and the truncal areas are the most commonly involved.”
fascitis
  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the fascia.
fasciectomies
fasciacytes
  1. plural of fasciacyte
fasciotomies
fasciae
  1. plural of fascia
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The forms graven on these fasciae are interpreted in Warner's History of Glastonbury to represent the following subjects.”
      “The portal toward the south was on a similar plan to the northern, but with five instead of four fasciae.”
      “Conventionally, gynecologists thought these ligaments and fasciae were the most important elements of the pelvic support system.”
fascias
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