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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

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plaque [plæk] n → plaque f

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

(on teeth) → Zahnbelag m

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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. plaat صَفيحَة مَعْدَنِيَّه гравирана табелка deska mindeplade die Gedenktafel πλάκα που στήνεται ως μνημείο placa mälestustahvel پلاک؛ نشان یادبود laatta plaque שֶלֶט הַנצָחָה फलक plaketa,medaljon emléktábla plaket veggskjöldur/-platti placca, targa 銘板 장식판 lenta, lentelė plāksne plak gedenkplaat (minne)plate płyta, tablica placa placă дощечка, табличка doska spominska plošča spomen-ploča platta, minnestavla แผ่นเหล็กสำหรับจารึก plâket, levha 匾 меморіальна дошка دھات کي تختي tấm; bản 匾

2 a china etc ornament for fixing on the wall. plaat صَحْنٌ فُخّاري للزّينَه орнамент plaketa platte die Schmucktafel πλάκα placa dekoratiivtaldrik لوح koristelaatta plaque טַבלָה पट्टिका spomen ploča falidísz(tárgy) plaket postulínsplatti targa 飾り板 벽에 거는 장식용 도자기 따위 dekoratyvinė lėkštė dekoratīva plāksnīte/šķīvis plak plaque porselens-/keramikkbilde plakietka placa aplică декоративная тарелка plaketa okrasna ploščica ukrasni porcelan platta เครื่องตกแต่งบนฝาผนัง duvar süsü 飾板 декоративна тарілка جوڑنے کا مسالہ đồ sứ để trang trí trên tường 饰板

3 a deposit of saliva and bacteria which forms on the teeth. plaak مادّةٌ راسِبَه على الأسْنان плака povlak plak der Zahnstein πέτρα (στα δόντια) placa katt جرم plakki plaque רוֹבֵד חַיידָקִי בַּשִנַיִים दांत पर थुक और बैक्टीरिया का जमाव plak,naslaga na zubu folt, plakk karang gigi tannsÿkla; tannsteinn placca 歯石 치구(齒垢) dantų akmuo zobakmens plak tandaanslag belegg på tennene, tannstein osad nazębny pedra placă dentară зубной камень povlak zobni kamen zubni kamenac tandsten คราบแบคทีเรียบนผิวฟัน diş kireçlenmesi 牙垢 зубний камінь دانت پر بننے والا ايک مادہ bựa răng 牙垢