plication

pli·ca·tion

noun \plī-ˈkā-shən\

Definition of PLICATION

1

: the tightening of stretched or weakened bodily tissues or channels by folding the excess in tucks and suturing <plication of the neck of the bladder>

2

: the folding of one part on and the fastening of it to another (as areas of the bowel freed from adhesions and left without normal serosal covering)