fascia

American  

[fash-ee-uh, fey-shuh] / ˈfæʃ i ə, ˈfeɪ ʃə /

noun

• fasciae,
  plural
• fascias
  plural

1. a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.

2. Also called fascia board.  facia.

3. Architecture.

   1. any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, as the outer edge of a cornice, a stringcourse, etc.

   2. any of a number of horizontal bands, usually three in number, each projecting beyond the one below to form the architrave in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

4. Anatomy, Zoology.

   1. a band or sheath of connective tissue investing, supporting, or binding together internal organs or parts of the body.

   2. tissue of this kind.

5. Zoology, Botany. a distinctly marked band of color.

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fascia British  

/ ˈfeɪʃɪə /

noun

1. the flat surface above a shop window

2. architect a flat band or surface, esp a part of an architrave or cornice

3. fibrous connective tissue occurring in sheets beneath the surface of the skin and between muscles and groups of muscles

4. biology a distinctive band of colour, as on an insect or plant

5. a less common name for dashboard

6. a casing that fits over a mobile phone, with spaces for the buttons

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fascia Scientific  

/ făsh′ē-ə /

• fasciae
  plural

1. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue. Fascia envelops, separates, or binds together muscles, organs, and other soft structures of the body.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• fascial
  adjective
• subfascial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• fasciae
  plural
• fascias
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fascia

1555–65; < Latin: band, bandage; akin to fasces

Example Sentences

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I cannot abide the piano-black plastic fascia spilled onto the dash, centerstack, center console and doors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Whether that came from the lymphatic drainage or the fascia work, the tuning fork or just 90 minutes of focused attention, I couldn’t say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

But at least they avoided piano-black plastic fascia, which is ubiquitous in this category.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

She missed the final group game of the T20 World Cup in 2024 and was unavailable for their semi-final loss to South Africa with a plantar fascia issue.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

An abscess may form between the vertebræ and the wall of the pharynx—retro-pharyngeal abscess—the pus accumulating between the diseased bones and the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

She had charts on her wall with exploded views of the human spine and the muscles and fasciae and nerve bundles that surrounded the spine and were connected to it.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011

By this “open method” the surgeon sees exactly what structures are at fault and in need of division—skin, fasciae tendons, ligaments; everything, in short, which prevented the easy rectification of the deformity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The beadings of the fasciae are enriched with the designs commonly known as 'rope,' 'bead-and-reel,' 'egg-and-dart,' and again 'bead-and-reel.'

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

Let three of these compose the first fascia with its astragal, four the second, and five the third, the fasciae with their astragals running side by side all round.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The central fasciae of the frontal are the antagonists of the pyramidal; and if the action of the latter is to be specially checked, these central fasciae must be contracted.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Florence Cooper, a tourist from Vancouver, stumbled upon a group of them on Monday dressed in their distinctive black cassocks and scarlet buttons, fascias and zucchettos.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2018

XTS: Caddy’s big car gets a mid-cycle refresh with updated front and rear fascias and an upgraded chassis for less noise and better ride comfort.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2017

The red, white and blue Sports Direct fascias are spreading rapidly.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2013

JD, whose high street fascias include JD Sports, Chausport, Size, Bank and Scotts, also said it had managed to increase its market share and margins during the period.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2010

The center, origin, and mother of all fascias.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still