πτύγμα

A. fold or anything folded, πέπλοιο π. Il. 5.315, cf. AP 6.271 (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.