单词 | plicature |
释义 | plicature/ˈplʌɪkətʃə/ /ˈplʌɪkətʃʊə/ /ˈplɪkətʃə/noun 1A fold, a ridge; specifically = plica. In early use also: †a plexus ( obsolete rare ). Also figurative. Now chiefly Botany. 2 Surgery = plication. OriginLate Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Middle French plicature a place in the body where there is a bend and its etymon classical Latin plicātūra action of folding, a fold (Pliny), in post-classical Latin also a place in the body where there is a bend from plicāt-, past participial stem of plicāre to fold + -ūra. |
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