Usually means: Fold of tissue in body.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word plica:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. plica: Merriam-Webster
  2. plica: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plica: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plica: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plica: Vocabulary.com
  6. plica: Wordnik
  7. plica: Wiktionary
  8. plica: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. plica: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. plica: Dictionary.com
  11. Plica (genus), Plica: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Plica: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. plica: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. plica: Rhymezone
  15. Plica: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. plica: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. plica: FreeDictionary.org
  18. plica: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. plica: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plica: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. plica: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  4. plica: Medical dictionary
  5. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PLICA: Acronym Finder
  2. plica: A Word A Day

(Note: See plicae as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plica)

noun:  A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
noun:  Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
noun:  (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
noun:  (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
noun:  (music) A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.

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