A.Word.A.Day--plica ,
 plica (PLY-kuh) noun, plural plicae (PLI-see, -kee)

   1. A fold, especially of skin.

   2. Hair in dirty, matted form.

[From Medieval Latin, fold, from Latin plicare, to fold.]

   "He underwent knee surgery during the summer to remove a plica ... from
   his left knee."
   Tom Kensler, Sights Are Set on Sydney, The Denver Post, May 13, 1997.

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