- the act or procedure of folding.
- the state or quality of being folded; a fold.
- Surgery.
- the folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue.
- the folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.
- the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate
- a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock strata
- the act or process of suturing together the walls of a hollow organ or part to reduce its size
