plication
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He traced the plications from minor to major stages, and illustrated the remarkable foldings and overthrust faultings in numerous sections and with the aid of pictorial drawings.
From Project Gutenberg
Take, for example, the proofs of gigantic plication, fracture and displacement within the terrestrial crust.
From Project Gutenberg
Body depressed, without dorsal papillae, but with two very large lateral expansions, with dorsal plications.
From Project Gutenberg
The same system of plications is revealed also on the larger West India islands.
From Project Gutenberg
A potential improvement on sleeve gastrectomy is gastric imbrication or plication.
From New York Times
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