Usually means: Folds in mucous membrane tissues.
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  1. plicae: Merriam-Webster
  2. plicae: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  1. plicae: Encyclopedia

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  1. plicae: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. plicae: Medical dictionary

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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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