duplicature

[ doo-pli-kuh-choor, -kuh-cher, -key-cher, dyoo- ]

noun

1. a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of duplicature¹

From the New Latin word duplicātūra, dating back to 1680–90. See duplicate, -ure

Example Sentences

The mucous membrane is a duplicature of the skin, and is folded into the external orifices of the animal, as the mouth, ears, nose, lungs, stomach, intestines, and bladder; but not being so much exposed to the action of external agents, it is not so strong or thick as the skin.

From Project Gutenberg

The part overhanging and enclosing the thorax is lined by an excessively delicate membrane, obviously homologous with the lining of the sack in the mature animal, and is nothing but a duplicature of the carapace, rendered very thin from being on the under or protected side: a layer of true skin or corium, probably double, separates these two folds.

From Project Gutenberg

We have seen, under the head of the Metamorphoses, that the delicate tunic lining the sack is simply a duplicature of the thick membrane and valves forming the capitulum, the whole being the posterior portion of the carapace of the larva slightly modified.

From Project Gutenberg

When we attempt to pass from the vaginal orifice to the internal reproductive organs, we find that in the virgin an obstacle exists, the hymen or maidenhead, consisting of a duplicature of the mucous membrane.

From Project Gutenberg

He was the first to study and describe the mediastinum, correcting the error of the ancients, who believed that this duplicature of the pleura contained a portion of the lungs.

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