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plaque  (plk)

n.

1. A flat plate, slab, or disk that is ornamented or engraved for mounting, as on a wall for decoration or on a monument for information.

2. A small pin or brooch worn as an ornament or a badge of membership.

3.

a. Pathology A small disk-shaped formation or growth; a patch.

b. A deposit of fatty material on the inner lining of an arterial wall, characteristic of atherosclerosis.

c. A scaly patch formed on the skin by psoriasis.

d. A film of mucus and bacteria on a tooth surface.

e. A clear, often round patch of lysed cells in an otherwise opaque layer of a bacteria or cell culture.

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[French, from Old French, metal plate, perhaps from Middle Dutch placke, disk, patch.]

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plaque

Noun

1. a commemorative inscribed stone or metal plate

2. Also called: (dental plaque) a filmy deposit on teeth consisting of mucus, bacteria, and food, that causes decay [French]

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plaque  (plk)

1. A small disk-shaped formation or growth; a patch.

2. A film of mucus and bacteria on the surface of the teeth.

3. A deposit of material in a bodily tissue or organ, especially one of the fatty deposits that collect on the inner lining of an artery wall in atherosclerosis or one of the amyloid deposits that accumulate in the brain in Alzheimer's disease.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaque - a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease) arterial plaque - a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis bacterial plaque, dental plaque - a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
	2.	plaque - a memorial made of brass             memorial tablet, brass monument, memorial - a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

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plaque

noun plate, panel, medal, tablet, badge, slab, brooch, medallion, cartouch(e)

Translations

plaque [plæk] n → placa

plaque [plæk] n → plaque f

plaque [plæk] n (on building etc) → Tafel f, Plakette f;

(on teeth) → Zahnbelag m

plaque [plæk] n → placca

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plaque

n plaque [plaːk, (American ) plak]

1 a plate of metal etc fixed to a wall etc as a memorial His name was inscribed on a brass plaque.plaatصَفيحَة مَعْدَنِيَّهгравирана табелкаdeskamindepladedie Gedenktafelπλάκα που στήνεται ως μνημείοplacamälestustahvelپلاک؛ نشان یادبودlaattaplaqueשֶלֶט הַנצָחָהफलकplaketa,medaljonemléktáblaplaketveggskjöldur/-plattiplacca, targa銘板장식판lenta, lentelėplāksneplakgedenkplaat(minne)platepłyta, tablicaplacaplacăдощечка, табличкаdoskaspominska ploščaspomen-pločaplatta, minnestavlaแผ่นเหล็กสำหรับจารึกplâket, levha匾меморіальна дошкаدھات کي تختيtấm; bản匾

2 a china etc ornament for fixing on the wall. plaatصَحْنٌ فُخّاري للزّينَهорнаментplaketaplattedie Schmucktafelπλάκαplacadekoratiivtaldrikلوحkoristelaattaplaqueטַבלָהपट्टिकाspomen pločafalidísz(tárgy)plaketpostulínsplattitarga飾り板벽에 거는 장식용 도자기 따위dekoratyvinė lėkštėdekoratīva plāksnīte/šķīvisplakplaqueporselens-/keramikkbildeplakietkaplacaaplicăдекоративная тарелкаplaketaokrasna ploščicaukrasni porcelanplattaเครื่องตกแต่งบนฝาผนังduvar süsü飾板декоративна тарілкаجوڑنے کا مسالہđồ sứ để trang trí trên tường饰板

3 a deposit of saliva and bacteria which forms on the teeth. plaakمادّةٌ راسِبَه على الأسْنانплакаpovlakplakder Zahnsteinπέτρα (στα δόντια)placakattجرمplakkiplaqueרוֹבֵד חַיידָקִי בַּשִנַיִיםदांत पर थुक और बैक्टीरिया का जमावplak,naslaga na zubufolt, plakkkarang gigitannsÿkla; tannsteinnplacca歯石치구(齒垢)dantų akmuozobakmensplaktandaanslagbelegg på tennene, tannsteinosad nazębnypedraplacă dentarăзубной каменьpovlakzobni kamenzubni kamenactandstenคราบแบคทีเรียบนผิวฟันdiş kireçlenmesi牙垢зубний каміньدانت پر بننے والا ايک مادہbựa răng牙垢