Plica Health Dictionary

Plica: From 1 Different Sources

n. a fold of tissue; for example, the plica sublingualis, the mucous fold in the floor of the mouth. —plicate adj.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

A surgical procedure in which tucks are taken in the walls of a hollow organ and then stitched to decrease the size of the organ.... plication

Hook. f.

Synonym: C. rottleri Klotzsh.

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India except Jammu & Kashmir and northeastern India as a weed.

Ayurvedic: Suuryaavart.

Folk: Nilakanthi.

Action: Ash of root—bechic. Leaf— depurative. Seed—cathartic.

Roots contain xanthone glycosides and a chromone glycoside. Seeds gave oil rich in linoleate. The plant contains 9.0% tannin.... chrozophora plicata