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Webster 1913 Edition


Plica


Pli′ca

,
Noun.
[LL., a fold, fr. L.
plicare
to fold. See
Ply
,
Verb.
]
1.
(Med.)
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
.
Dunglison.
2.
(Bot.)
A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
3.
(Zool.)
The bend of the wing of a bird.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plica

PLI'CA

,
Noun.
[L. a fold.] The plica polonica is a disease of the hair, peculiar to Poland and the neighboring countries. In this disease, the hair of the head is matted or clotted by means of an acrid viscid humor which exudes from the hair.

Definition 2024


plica

plica

See also: Plica

English

Noun

plica (plural plicas or plicae)

  1. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
  2. Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica; a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
  3. (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
  4. (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.

Derived terms


Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin plica, a derivative of plicō (I fold).

Noun

plica f (plural pliche)

  1. (anatomy) plica, fold

Derived terms

Related terms


Latin

Verb

plicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of plicō

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