fasciation English

Meaning fasciation meaning

What does fasciation mean?

fasciation noun

— The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.

— (obsolete) A bandage.

— The process or state of being fasciated.

— (botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue.