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plaque
[ plak ]
noun
- a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- an inscribed commemorative tablet, usually of metal placed on a building, monument, or the like.
- a platelike brooch or ornament, especially one worn as the badge of an honorary order.
- Anatomy, Pathology. a flat, often raised, patch on the skin or other organ, as on the inner lining of arterial walls in atherosclerosis.
- Dentistry. a soft, sticky, whitish matlike film attached to tooth surfaces, formed largely by the growth of bacteria that colonize the teeth.
- Bacteriology. a cleared region in a bacterial culture, resulting from lysis of bacteria by bacteriophages.
plaque
/ plæk; plɑːk /
noun
- an ornamental or commemorative inscribed tablet or plate of porcelain, wood, etc
- a small flat brooch or badge, as of a club, etc
- pathol any small abnormal patch on or within the body, such as the typical lesion of psoriasis
- short for dental plaque
- bacteriol a clear area within a bacterial or tissue culture caused by localized destruction of the cells by a bacteriophage or other virus
plaque
- A small disk-shaped formation or growth; a patch.
- A film of mucus and bacteria on the surface of the teeth.
- 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.
plaque
- A thin film composed of bacteria , mucus , and food particles that forms on the surfaces of teeth . Plaque contributes to tooth decay and gum disease. Plaque also refers to a combination of cholesterol and lipids that can accumulate on the inside of arteries , causing atherosclerosis .
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plaque1
C19: from French, from plaquier to plate, from Middle Dutch placken to beat (metal) into a thin plate
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The discussion of the pair playing SoFi began when Iglesias came out at Koy’s record-breaking sixth Forum show last February to hand him a plaque for his achievement.
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A new plaque has been installed on the plinth where a slave trader's statue once stood.
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Outside, 25-year-old Isaac Rosales was looking at a bronze plaque with Mann’s face on it.
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In 1952 she became the first woman president of the Trades Council and a blue plaque was later placed on the Bristol street where she lived.
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Marr said he had known staff at the store for 20 years and the plaque was "a very nice thing to be associated with".
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