plica
See also: Plica and plića
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplaɪkə/
Noun
plica (countable and uncountable, plural plicas or plicae)
- A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
- Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together[1].
- (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
- (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
- (music) A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- circumplicial
- microplica
- plica abomasi
- plica circulares
- plica fimbriata
- plica glossoepiglottica
- plica gubernatrix
- plical
- plica neuropathica
- plica polonica
- plica rumenoreticularis
- plica semilunaris conjunctivae
- plica vascularis
- plica venae cavae
References
- 1839, Robley Dunglison, “PLICA”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., OCLC 6188056:
Anagrams
- icpal
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin plica, a derivative of plicō (“to fold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpli.ka/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Hyphenation: plì‧ca
Noun
plica f (plural pliche)
- (anatomy) plica, fold
Derived terms
- plicale
Related terms
- piegare
- plico
Latin
Verb
plicā
- second-person singular present active imperative of plicō
References
- plica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)