rugal fold

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A ridge or fold, such as the rugae of the stomach, which are large folds in the mucous membrane of that organ. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rugal+folds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugae ]

Synonyms: ruga

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plural term

rugae [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugae ]

editor note

As currently defined this encompasses only mucuous membranes, and not for example rugal folds of skin such as the scrotal rugae

has related synonym

rugae

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0008790

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