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suprafascial

suprafascial adjective: above the fascia.

Adjective

suprafascial (not comparable)

  1. Above the fascia
    • After the surgical incision of the skin, suprafascial dissection was carried out up to the xiphoid, with a lateral extension depending on the desired magnitude of medial skin shift.2015 July 12, Michele Grieco et al., “Analysis of Complications in Postbariatric Abdominoplasty: Our Experience”, in Plastic Surgery International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of suprafascial

From supra- + fascial.

Words formed from suprafascial

Questions about suprafascial

What does suprafascial mean?
Suprafascial means above the fascia.
What part of speech is suprafascial?
Suprafascial is an adjective.

Words near suprafascial in the dictionary

  1. suprafacial
  2. suprafacially
  3. suprafamilial
  4. suprafamilies
  5. suprafamily
  6. suprafascial
  7. suprafascially
  8. suprafeminine
  9. supraficial
  10. suprafimbrial
  11. suprafine

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