Medical Dictionary

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vt pli·cate \ˈplī-ˌkāt\
pli·cat·edpli·cat·ing

Medical Definition of PLICATE

:  to perform plication on <the vein graft was then plicated by means of…sutures placed about 2 mm. apart—Journal of the American Medical Association>
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