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pli·ca·tion \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 |