plication
Tissue folding procedure
Plication is a fold or the act of folding.
In surgery, plication is a procedure that reduces the size of an organ or tissue by creating folds and stitching them in place: The surgeon performed a gastric plication to reduce stomach volume.
In biology, it describes the folded or pleated structure of membranes or tissues.
Sewn fabric fold
- creaseLine from folding
- tuckFold into concealment
- gatherBring or come together
- corrugationSeries of parallel ridges
ruffle · dart · accordion · shirring · smocking · fluting · pucker · crimp
Woven or knit material
- pleatSewn fabric fold
- smockingGathered fabric with ornamental stitches
- shirringGathered fabric technique
- gatherBring or come together
ruching · drapery · tuck · dart · seam · pintuck · knife pleat · box pleat
Medical wound closure
- repairRestore to working order
- herniaOrgan breaching muscle wall
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- anastomosisJoining of tubular structures
incision · stitch · laparoscopic · endoscopic · procedure · tightening · reinforcement · reconstruction
Outermost boundary layer
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
- manifoldMany and various
- foldBend onto itself
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
transformation · mapping · symmetry · projection · vertex · tessellation · curvature · plane
Pressed pulp for writing
- craneLifter or wader
- foldingBending something over itself
- kirigamiCut-and-fold paper sculpture
- mountain foldPaper bent upward
valley fold · base · modular · tessellation · scoring · precision · artistry · sculpture
pleat
Sewn fabric fold
corrugation · ruffle · dart · accordion · shirring · smocking · fluting · pucker · crimp · draping
fabric
Woven or knit material
- pleatSewn fabric fold
- smockingGathered fabric with ornamental stitches
- shirringGathered fabric technique
gather · ruching · drapery · tuck · dart · seam · pintuck · knife pleat · box pleat · accordion pleat
suture
Medical wound closure
anastomosis · incision · stitch · laparoscopic · endoscopic · procedure · tightening · reinforcement · reconstruction · gastroesophageal
surface
Outermost boundary layer
dimension · transformation · mapping · symmetry · projection · vertex · tessellation · curvature · plane · iteration
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
mountain fold · valley fold · base · modular · tessellation · scoring · precision · artistry · sculpture · model
plicationflatness
Absence of slope
smoothness · planarity · line · extension · straightness
plicationunfolding
Gradually becoming apparent
flattening · smoothing · spreading · straightening · extension
application, complication, multiplication, replication, duplication, multiplicative