/pluy kay"sheuhn, pli-/ , n.
1. the act or procedure of folding.
2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold.
3. Surg.
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, plicature /plik"euh cheuhr/ .
[ 1375-1425; late ME plicacioun plication- (s. of plicatio ) a folding. See PLICATE, -ION ]