plication

American  

[plahy-key-shuhn, pli-] / plaɪˈkeɪ ʃən, plɪ- /

Also plicature

noun

1. the act or procedure of folding.

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

3. Surgery.

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

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

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plication British  

/ plaɪˈkeɪʃən, ˈplɪkətʃə /

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of plication

1375–1425; late Middle English plicacioun < Medieval Latin plicātiōn- (stem of plicātiō ) a folding. See plicate, -ion

Example Sentences

He traced the plications from minor to major stages, and illustrated the remarkable foldings and overthrust faultings in numerous sections and with the aid of pictorial drawings.

From Project Gutenberg

Take, for example, the proofs of gigantic plication, fracture and displacement within the terrestrial crust.

From Project Gutenberg

Body depressed, without dorsal papillae, but with two very large lateral expansions, with dorsal plications.

From Project Gutenberg

The same system of plications is revealed also on the larger West India islands.

From Project Gutenberg

A potential improvement on sleeve gastrectomy is gastric imbrication or plication.

From New York Times