plication

[ plahy-key-shuhn, pli- ]
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noun
  1. the act or procedure of folding.

  2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold.

  1. Surgery.

    • the folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue.

    • the folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.

Origin of plication

1
1375–1425; late Middle English plicacioun<Medieval Latin plicātiōn- (stem of plicātiō) a folding. See plicate, -ion
  • Also plic·a·ture [plik-uh-cher]. /ˈplɪk ə tʃər/.

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British Dictionary definitions for plication

plication

plicature (ˈplɪkətʃə)

/ (plaɪˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate

  2. a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock strata

  1. surgery the act or process of suturing together the walls of a hollow organ or part to reduce its size

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