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• Plicating

  [adjective plahy-keyt, -kit; verb plahy-keyt] /adjective ˈplaɪ keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈplaɪ keɪt/ adjective 1. Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated. verb (used with object), plicated, plicating. 2. Surgery. to perform on. /ˈplaɪkeɪt/ adjective 1. having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated: a plicate leaf, plicate rock strata plicate pli·cate (plī’kāt’) or pli·cat·ed […]

• Plication

  [plahy-key-shuh n, pli-] /plaɪˈkeɪ ʃən, plɪ-/ noun 1. the act or procedure of folding. 2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold. 3. Surgery. /plaɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun 1. the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate 2. a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock […]

• Plicature

  [plahy-key-shuh n, pli-] /plaɪˈkeɪ ʃən, plɪ-/ noun 1. the act or procedure of folding. 2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold. 3. Surgery. /plaɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun 1. the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate 2. a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock […]

• Plicotomy

  plicotomy pli·cot·o·my (plī-kŏt’ə-mē) n. Surgical division of the posterior fold of the tympanic membrane.

• Plie

  [plee-ey] /pliˈeɪ/ noun, plural pliés [plee-eyz; French plee-ey] /pliˈeɪz; French pliˈeɪ/ (Show IPA). Ballet. 1. a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight. /ˈpliːeɪ/ noun 1. a classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent n. in ballet, 1892, from French plié, from plier literally “to bend,” […]

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