πτύγμα,ατος,τό, (πτύσσω)
A. foldoranything folded,πέπλοιο π. Il. 5.315 , cf. AP 6.271 ( Phaedim. );π. τοῦ δέρματος foldof skin, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.15.8 ;τῆς ὑστέρας,= fundusuteri, 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 .