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pli⋅ca⋅tion

  [plahy-key-shuhn, pli-]
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–noun
1. the act or procedure of folding.
2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold.
3. Surgery.
a. the folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue.
b. the folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.
Also, plic⋅a⋅ture  [plik-uh-cher] .

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME plicacioun < ML plicātiōn- (s. of plicātiō) a folding. See plicate, -ion
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pli·ca·tion   (plī-kā'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act or process of folding.

    2. The state of being folded.

  2. A fold.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pli·ca·tion
Pronunciation: plI-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the tightening of stretched or weakened bodily tissues orchannels 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 areasof the bowel freed from adhesions and left without normal serosal covering)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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plication pli·ca·tion (plī-kā'shən)
n.

  1. An operation for reducing the size of a hollow structure by taking folds or tucks in its walls.

  2. The state of being folded.

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