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Definitions for Plication
[1] the act or procedure of folding.
[2] the state or quality of being folded; a fold.
[3] 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.
[4] the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate
[5] a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock strata
[6] surgery the act or process of suturing together the walls of a hollow organ or part to reduce its size
Words related to Plication
corrugation, convolution, pleat, gathering, bend, crease, ridge, layer, overlap, ruck, crimp, circumvolution, ruffle, ply, wrinkle, lap, furrow, tuck, gather, pucker
Words nearby Plication
pli, pliable, pliant, plica, plicate, plication, plicotomy, plier, pliers, plight, plimsoll
Origin of Plication
1375–1425; late Middle English plicacioun < Medieval Latin plicātiōn- (stem of plicātiō ) a folding. See plicate, -ion
Synonyms for Plication
bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, ply, pucker, ridge, ruck, ruffle, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle, crumple, dog's ear, plicature, rimple, rivel, ruche, rumple