plication
noun
pli·ca·tion
plī-ˈkā-shən 
1
: the act or process of folding : the state of being folded
2
: fold
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plication
noun
pli·ca·tion
plī-ˈkā-shən
1
: 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
2
: 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)
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