fasciation

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The binding up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
2. noun A bandage.
3. noun The process or state of being fasciated. 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.
4. noun 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.

Similar words

fasciculation abligation ligature colligation ligation buddy wrapping affixion strapping alligation bundle

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Word family

fasciations