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  • noun Plural form of ruga.

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Examples

  • In adulthood the vagina is able to stretch in all directions thanks to elastic fibers and small wrinkles in the surface, called rugae.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • In adulthood the vagina is able to stretch in all directions thanks to elastic fibers and small wrinkles in the surface, called rugae.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • In adulthood the vagina is able to stretch in all directions thanks to elastic fibers and small wrinkles in the surface, called rugae.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • In adulthood the vagina is able to stretch in all directions thanks to elastic fibers and small wrinkles in the surface, called rugae.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • When estrogen levels remain low, the rugae flatten and may disappear altogether.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • When estrogen levels remain low, the rugae flatten and may disappear altogether.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • When estrogen levels remain low, the rugae flatten and may disappear altogether.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • When estrogen levels remain low, the rugae flatten and may disappear altogether.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • A bisection of the organ laid bare the rugae, gastric folds within the lining, the keys igniting the digestive process.

    Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001

  • In the living body, the empty stomach is usually found, on endoscopic inspection, to be a collapsed tube of such shape as to fit whatever space is available at the particular moment, with folds and rugae running in all directions, the impression given as to form being strikingly like searching among a mass of earth worms or boiled spaghetti.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

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  • "Jamie hung the lantern on the nail and obligingly knelt to rummage through the bag, while I rummaged further through the stomach. There was some granular material forming a pale sludge in the furrows of the rugae. I scraped gingerly at it, finding that it came free easily...."

    —Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 753

    January 26, 2010