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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
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
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
In man it is called the plica semilunaris, and is represented in the two lower drawings under this name.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
