plica

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“There’s an expression in Latin for this: plica polonica,” she told me later.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019

Noel has been experiencing soreness and, after consulting with several specialists, elected to have inflamed plica removed from his knee, the Sixers announced.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2016

A sideways blink of the reintroduced plica semilunaris seen in the light gray areas of the eyes, while miniature bone-conduction devices implanted above the ear work with the communications lenses on the eyes.

From Forbes • Jun. 7, 2013

Eyes will seem “unnervingly large” — as least from our viewpoint today — and will feature eye-shine and even a sideways blink from the re-introduced plica semilunaris to further protect from cosmic ray effects.

From Forbes • Jun. 7, 2013

Another typical vestigial structure is the plica semi-lunaris, the remnant of the nictitating membrane characteristic of nearly the whole vertebrate sub-kingdom.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various