πτύγμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (πτύσσω)

   A fold or anything folded, πέπλοιο π. Il.5.315, cf. AP6.271 (Phaedim.); π. τοῦ δέρματος fold of skin, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.15.8; τῆς ὑστέρας, = fundus uteri, Paul.Aeg.3.64.    II Medic., piece of lint folded up to stop a wound, pledget, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.13.27; of a bandage, Gal.18(1).826.