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plication
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plication /pli·ca·tion/ (pli-ka´shun) the operation of taking tucks in a structure to shorten it.
Kelly plication  suture of the connective tissue between the vagina and the urethra and the floor of the bladder for correction of stress incontinence in women.
pli·ca·tion (pl-kshn)
n.
1. An operation for reducing the size of a hollow structure by taking folds or tucks in its walls.
2. The state of being folded.
plication
[plīkā′shən]
any operation that involves folding, shortening, or decreasing the size of a muscle or hollow organ, such as the stomach, by taking in tucks.
plication [pli-ka´shun]
the operation of taking tucks in a structure to shorten it.
plication
the operation of taking tucks in a structure to shorten it.
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lurida from molecular study (Tables 1 & 3) were nearly as likely to have external shell color or shell plications as not.
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Shell subrectangular to elongate subelliptical, ornamented by growth lines or concentric rugellae; both valves with two or three broad, radial plications, ventral pseudointerarea short, with deep, narrow pedicle groove; ventral visceral area large, rhomboidal, extending to midvalve; dorsal visceral area bisected by long median ridge, with wide, semielliptical anterior projection extending anterior to mid-valve; central muscle scars large, situated close to anterior lateral muscle scars.
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