fascia
noun
a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
fasciae
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pluralof fascia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Why should grief or anxiety cause the central fasciae alone of the frontal muscle together with those round the eyes, to contract?
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
More has been done in unravelling the mysteries of the fasciae, but there has been a tendency to overdo this kind of material analysis.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
