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Answer for the clue "Sheath of connective tissue ", 6 letters:
fascia

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fascia is a layer of connective tissue in the human body. Fascia may also refer to: Fascia, Liguria , a comune in the Province of Genoa, Italy Fascia (architecture) , a long, horizontal surface across the top of a structure Fascia (car) , a dashboard of ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Latin fascia "a band, bandage, swathe, ribbon," derivative of fascis "bundle" (see fasces ). In English, originally in architecture; anatomical use is from 1788. Also used in botany, music, astronomy. Related: Fascial ; fasciation .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fascia \Fas"ci*a\, n.; pl. Fasci[ae] . [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces , and cf. Fess .] A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, ...

Usage examples of fascia.

Howard calls Stegomyia fasciata, or Culex fasciatus: and that its habits are the same as those of the Stegomyia.

The hot stink of hyperexcited ions was in her nostrils as she sank the shock-sword through muscle, fascia, and organs.

Two Mongs stood guard, flanking a fascia of lances thrust into the earth.

Kollberg frowned his agreement, Caine reached a corner of the courthouse and slid along it into ink-painted shadow: his fingers and toes found the mortared cracks between the huge limestone fascia, and he climbed the wall with the ease and speed of a man going up a daylit stair.

Pausing for only a moment as she realized they had reached her destination, Kahlan set her snowshoes firmly into the snowdrift that covered the steps, and ascended to the portico, its fascia decorated with a row of statues swathed in cut stone that mimicked the drape of cloth so well it seemed as if it might move in the light breeze.

She made a seat and sat herself beneath the escritoire's curved ivory fascia.

I tried for the last time to correct the course but it was no go so I cut the ignition and snapped the doorlock home and waited with my knees bent double and my feet braced against the fascia board.

A mobile hangs at one comer of the porch, from the fascia board at the edge of the shake-shingle roof.

There was a photograph of him with his arm around a pretty girl and a fascia board of a shop behind them was in German.

No street vendors accosted him in an attempt to make a sale, rather, neatly lettered signs graced the fascias of each building informing passersby which shop lay within and what could be bought there.

Each unit was worth many thousands of pounds, yet for identification they had irregular shreds of masking tape and address labels stuck to their fascias, showing the name of the company and the name of the server.

And before him was the tower of Big Ben, its carved sandstone fascias glowing golden in the light of the spots at its feet, and the big translucent clockface shining from within.

The satin bag of the Epeïra fasciata, in which her eggs are enclosed, "

La creatura fasciata si bilanciò sulla soglia, poi alzò la te­sta senza volto e lasciò ricadere le mani ai fianchi.

Le pareti della montagna riducevano il passaggio intorno al Kóstha-mérna a una sottile fascia di terra su entrambi i lati del lago, ciascuna non più larga di qualche passo.