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plaque

(plăk)

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.

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.]

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plaque

(plæk; plɑːk)

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]

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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.

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 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

plaque

noun plate, panel, medal, tablet, badge, slab, brooch, medallion, cartouch(e) Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque.

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Translations

صَحْنٌ فُخّاري للزّينَهصَفيحَة مَعْدَنِيَّهلَوْحَةمادّةٌ راسِبَه على الأسْنان

deskapamětní deskaplaketapovlak

mindepladeplakplatte

Gedenktafel Schmucktafel Zahnstein

πλάκα

placa

laatta

plaque enseigne

plaketa

falidíszplakk

postulínsplattitannsÿkla; tannsteinnveggskjöldur

placca targa lastra

記念銘板

현판

dantų akmuodekoratyvinė lėkštėlentelė

dekoratīva plāksnīte/šķīvisplāksnezobakmens

gedenkplaat

belegg på tennene keramikkbilde minneplate plakett porselensbilde

plakietka

placa comemorativa

памятная доска

plaketa

skylt

แผ่นเหล็กหรือหินสลัก

diş kireçlenmesiduvar süsülevha plaketplâket

tấm biển

匾匾额牙垢饰板

plaque

[plæk] N (= plate) → placa f; (on teeth) → sarro m, placa f (dental)

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plaque

[ˈplɑːk] n

(on wall) → plaque f
a commemorative plaque → une plaque commémorative

(on teeth) → plaque f dentaire

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plaque

→ Plakette f; (on building etc) → Tafel f

(Med) → Belag m; (on teeth) → (Zahn)belag m

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plaque

[plæk] n (on building) → placca, targa; (on teeth) → placca batterica

plaque

(plaːk) , ((American) plak) noun

1. 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

, placque

n. placa; plaqueta.

cualquier superficie de la piel o membrana mucosa;

plaqueta sanguínea.

plaque

n placa; atherosclerotic — placa aterosclerótica; bacterial — placa bacteriana; dental — placa dental

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Against one wall was a plaster of Paris plaque of an O'Callahan in a Roman helmet.

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There was his Excellency the Prince of Peterwaradin, with his Princess--a nobleman tightly girthed, with a large military chest, on which the plaque of his order shone magnificently, and wearing the red collar of the Golden Fleece round his neck.

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Ida was in her boudoir, a tiny little tapestried room, as neat and dainty as herself, with low walls hung with Imari plaques and with pretty little Swiss brackets bearing blue Kaga ware, or the pure white Coalport china.

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English Heritage has been conscious of the need to increase the representation of women in the blue plaque scheme but said that only a third of public nominations have been for women since the start of their 'plaques for women' campaign in 2016.

'There are nowhere near enough blue plaques in London celebrating amazing women'; It's a battle against a fog of history, says Phoebe Radford

THE latest Purple Plaque to commemorate a remarkable Welsh woman was unveiled yesterday to mark International Women's Day.

Feminist historian honoured with plaque in Merthyr

Modern researches display that CHD patients mainly suffer by the formation of intra-coronary plaque resulting from atherosclerosis in coronary arteries.

Study on correlation between property of coronary artery lesion and degree of coronary artery stenosis of elderly patients with coronary heart disease

A HEALTH board has admitted it has lost a memorial plaque dedicated to one of Wales' greatest boxers.

Health board loses plaque to boxing legend

The "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque has drawn controversy for its denial that preserving slavery was an underlying cause of the Civil War.

Dennis Bonnen, presumptive next Texas House speaker, backs removal of Confederate plaque

A key characteristic is accumulation of plaque inside coronary, carotid, and other arteries.

Impede Arterial Plaque Accumulation

Another plaque marks the site of the original Prescot Playhouse, the first freestanding playhouse outside of London.

Plaque in time in Prescot

Pakistans new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Sahibzada Ahmed Khan has brought back the memorial plaque of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, four years after it was removed from the public sight for unknown reasons, Geo News reported on Tuesday.