n, pl  -ci*ae  or  -cias  :  a sheet of connective tissue (as an aponeurosis) covering or binding together body structures : also  :  tissue occurring in such a sheet - see DEEP FASCIA SUPERFICIAL FASCIA  fas*cial adj 
 
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Similar sounding terms:  fasciae 
 
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