plication

[ plahy-key-shuhn, pli- ]

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.

plication

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of plication¹

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.

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The roguish crew of prison perverts will contribute their share of com­plications, no doubt of that, my friend.

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

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

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

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