PLICA (plicae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: plicae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does plica mean? 

• PLICA (noun)
  The noun PLICA has 1 sense:

1. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

  Familiarity information: PLICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A folded part (as in skin or muscle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fold; plica

Hypernyms ("plica" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plica"):

epicanthic fold; epicanthus (a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome)

plica vocalis; vocal band; vocal cord; vocal fold (either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx)

ruga ((anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease)

tentorium ((anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

The vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the true vocal cords (plica vocalis) and the opening between them (rima glottidis).

(Murine Glottis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)