plication

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English

Etymology

From Middle French plicacion, and its source, Latin plicatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

plication (countable and uncountable, plural plications)

  1. (now chiefly biology, geology) An act of folding.
  2. (now chiefly biology, geology) A fold or pleat.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:
      But the recognition of nappes set out the research project: you need not simply throw up your hands in despair at perverse plications and ceaseless crenelations in the Alps.
  3. (surgery) A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place.

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See also

See Category:English terms suffixed with -pexy, many of which involve plication of tissue (e.g., connective tissue, mucosae, others)