plīˈkāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English plicacioun, probably from (assumed) Medieval Latin plication-, plicatio, from Latin plicatus (past participle of plicare to fold) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act or process of folding
b. : the quality or state of being folded
c. : fold
2.
a. : 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
b. : 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)
3.
a. : the action or process of the folding of geological strata
b. : a fold in a stratum