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FASCIATION
Etymology
Noun
fasciation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciations)
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Fas`ci*a"tion, n.
Definition: The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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