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plaque
(plăk)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 scaly patch on a body part, especially the skin.
4. A biofilm of bacteria in a matrix of polysaccharides and other substances on the surface of a tooth or teeth.
5.
a. A deposit of fatty material on the inner lining of an arterial wall, characteristic of atherosclerosis.
b. The material that such a deposit is composed of.
6. A deposit consisting mainly of beta-amyloid and degenerating nerve tissue, found in the brain tissue of people with Alzheimer's disease.
7. A sharply defined zone of demyelination in the central nervous system characteristic of multiple sclerosis.
8. A clear, often round patch of lysed cells in an otherwise opaque layer of a bacteria or cell culture.
[French, from Middle French, metal plate, from plaquer, to apply (something such as gold or plaster) to a surface, from Middle Dutch placken, to coat, patch, paste; see placard.]
plaque
(plæk; plɑːk)n
1. an ornamental or commemorative inscribed tablet or plate of porcelain, wood, etc
2. (Jewellery) a small flat brooch or badge, as of a club, etc
3. (Pathology) pathol any small abnormal patch on or within the body, such as the typical lesion of psoriasis
4. (Dentistry) short for dental plaque
5. (Microbiology) bacteriol a clear area within a bacterial or tissue culture caused by localized destruction of the cells by a bacteriophage or other virus
[C19: from French, from plaquier to plate, from Middle Dutch placken to beat (metal) into a thin plate]
plaque
(plæk)n.
1. a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
2. an inscribed commemorative tablet, usu. of metal, placed on a building or monument.
3. a platelike brooch or ornament, esp. one worn as a badge.
4.
a. a flat, often raised patch on any external or internal body surface.
b. an abnormal hardened deposit on the inner wall of an artery.
5. a soft, sticky, whitish film formed on tooth surfaces, composed of bacteria, mucin, and other matter.
6. a clear area in a laboratory dish of a bacterial culture, indicating dead bacteria.
[1840–50; < French, n. derivative of plaquer to plate < Middle Dutch placken to patch; compare placket]
plaque
(plăk)1. A film of mucus and bacteria on the surface of the teeth.
2. A deposit of fatty material on the inner lining of an artery wall, characteristic of atherosclerosis.
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| Noun | 1. |  plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the bodymaculation, 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 |
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Translations
صَحْنٌ فُخّاري للزّينَهصَفيحَة مَعْدَنِيَّهلَوْحَةمادّةٌ راسِبَه على الأسْنان
deskapamětní deskaplaketapovlak
mindepladeplakplatte
laatta
plaketa
falidíszplakk
postulínsplattitannsÿkla; tannsteinnveggskjöldur
記念銘板
현판
dantų akmuodekoratyvinė lėkštėlentelė
dekoratīva plāksnīte/šķīvisplāksnezobakmens
plaketa
skylt
แผ่นเหล็กหรือหินสลัก
tấm biển
plaque
[ˈplɑːk] nplaque
(plaːk) , ((American) plak) noun1. a plate of metal etc fixed to a wall etc as a memorial. His name was inscribed on a brass plaque.
2. a china etc ornament for fixing on the wall.
3. a deposit of saliva and bacteria which forms on the teeth.
plaque
→ لَوْحَة pamětní deska mindeplade Gedenktafel πλάκα placa laatta plaque plaketa placca 記念銘板 현판 gedenkplaat plakett plakietka placa comemorativa памятная доска skylt แผ่นเหล็กหรือหินสลัก plaket tấm biển 匾额plaque
, placquen. placa; plaqueta.
cualquier superficie de la piel o membrana mucosa;
plaqueta sanguínea.