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plication

noun pli·ca·tion \plī-ˈkā-shən\

Definition of PLICATION

1
:  the act or process of folding :  the state of being folded
2
:  fold
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First Known Use of PLICATION

14th century
Medical Dictionary

plication

noun pli·ca·tion \plī-ˈkā-shən\

Medical Definition of PLICATION

1
:  the tightening of stretched or weakened bodily tissues or channels by folding the excess in tucks and suturing <plication of the neck of the bladder>
2
:  the folding of one part on and the fastening of it to another (as areas of the bowel freed from adhesions and left without normal serosal covering)

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