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Definition of "plica" []

  • A fold or ridge, as of skin, membrane, or shell. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "plica" in a sentence
  • "Further, the tonsil extends for a variable distance under cover of the glossopalatine arch, and is here covered by a reduplication of mucous membrane; the upper part of this fold reaches across the supratonsillar fossa, between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the plica triangularis."
  • "Lateral to the caruncula is a slight semilunar fold of conjunctiva, the concavity of which is directed toward the cornea; it is called the plica semilunaris."
  • "If there was no exudation the disease was called plica sicca."
Words like "plica"
plica abomasi
plica circulares
plica fimbriata
plica glossoepiglottica
plica rumenoreticularis
plica semilunaris conjunctivae
plica venae cavae
plicae plical