plica
Americannoun
plural
plicae-
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
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Also called plica polonica. Pathology. a matted, filthy condition of the hair, caused by disease, vermin, etc.
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(in medieval music) a vertical mark attached to a neume, standing for an interpolated melodic ornament.
noun
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Also called: fold. anatomy a folding over of parts, such as a fold of skin, muscle, peritoneum, etc
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pathol a condition of the hair characterized by matting, filth, and the presence of parasites
Other Word Forms
- plical adjective
Etymology
Origin of plica
1675–85; < Medieval Latin: a fold, back formation from Latin plicāre to fold, ply 2
Example Sentences
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“There’s an expression in Latin for this: plica polonica,” she told me later.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019
Noel has been experiencing soreness and, after consulting with several specialists, elected to have inflamed plica removed from his knee, the Sixers announced.
From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2016
Eyes will seem “unnervingly large” — as least from our viewpoint today — and will feature eye-shine and even a sideways blink from the re-introduced plica semilunaris to further protect from cosmic ray effects.
From Forbes • Jun. 7, 2013
A sideways blink of the reintroduced plica semilunaris seen in the light gray areas of the eyes, while miniature bone-conduction devices implanted above the ear work with the communications lenses on the eyes.
From Forbes • Jun. 7, 2013
Another typical vestigial structure is the plica semi-lunaris, the remnant of the nictitating membrane characteristic of nearly the whole vertebrate sub-kingdom.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
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