Main Entry: pli·ca·tion

Pronunciation: \plī-ˈkā-shən\

Function: noun

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)