A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.
(pl., plicae) Sublateral ridge on the propodeum mesal to the spiracle (see also submedian carina of propodeum). [drawing][photo][photo
A permanent transverse fold in the wall of the small intestine.
(pl. plicae, adj. plicate) ( Thomson and Pflug, 1953) A general term for a fold, applied in palynology to ridge-like folds of the exine in Ephedra (Ephedraceae) and Lusatipollis. See also: polyplicate, taenia.
(-ae) a corruption from L. plicare = to fold; in13th century a scalp infection endemic in Poland was called plica polonica (Polish plait); any kind of fold.
a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)
a fold of joint lining inside the knee
a fold of synovium inside the knee cavity, stretching across the joint
Latin plicare = to fold; hence, a fold.
(pl. plicae) a fold or foldlike denticle
A ridge or fold in tissue, most often used when referring.
Fold of tissue in the joint capsule and a common result of knee injury.