fess

Examples

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• The artist carefully painted a fess across the center of the shield, representing courage.

• In heraldry, the fess is often used to symbolize strength and stability across the shield.

• Rock on, fess/e!

  Post Grad (2009)

• A 72-year-old man diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis underwent bilateral FESS at an outside hospital.

  Academic text (2008)

• I think people would have been more supportive of a fess-up than a cover-up, but when someone has lived a lie for so long, it is a lot to expect a fess-up.

  Blog text (4)

• I think people would have been more supportive of a fess-up than a cover-up, but when someone has lived a lie for so long, it is a lot to expect a fess-up.

  Blog text (4)

• We present a case of tension pneumocephalus after FESS in which radiologic evaluation and direct endoscopic observation demonstrated no obvious skull base defect.

  Academic text (2008)

• Today, functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is an acceptable approach to ethmoid sinusitis with an orbital abscess.

  Academic text (2001)

• The increased use of frameless stereotactic computer-assisted surgical navigation devices in FESS may decrease the number of skull base complications, such as CSF leak and pneumocephalus.

  Academic text (2008)

• The increasing use of powered microdebrider instruments along the skull base and thin bones of the cribriform plate and ethmoid sinus may be associated with a greater incidence of pneumocephalus after FESS.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

F

fesse

vsfess

• Archaic

9.9

A broad horizontal band across the middle of a shield used in coats of arms

has identical meaning but is a variant spelling used in some texts

Surface Forms

Etymology