What does Plaque mean?
Definitions for Plaque
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Princeton's WordNet
plaquenoun
(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
brass, memorial tablet, plaquenoun
a memorial made of brass
Wiktionary
plaquenoun
Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
plaquenoun
An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria on teeth.
plaquenoun
Atheroma, an accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue.
plaquenoun
A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
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plaque
A plaque is a flat, often round, deposit or buildup of material that adheres to a surface. This term is used in various contexts to describe different substances such as bacterial accumulations on teeth, fat deposits in blood vessels, inscribed commemorative pieces, or areas of abnormal tissue in the brain associated with conditions like Alzheimer's disease.
Webster Dictionary
Plaquenoun
any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch
Etymology: [F. Cf. Plack, and see Placard.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Plaque
plak, n. a flat piece of metal or other material, used for ornament, as a brooch, &c., or for painting on, to form a wall-picture.—n. Plaquette′, a small plaque. [Fr.; cf. Plack.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Plaque in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Plaque in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Plaque in a Sentence
This method really is a new groundbreaking way to do that, we figured out that we could obtain bacterial DNA from dental plaque that was calcified on ancient skeletons. This is the first time it has been applied on an extinct species. Join the conversationSee the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter.
It's all about hitting the right person with the right drug, at the right time in the course of their disease, many people may not know this, but after 40 years old, just about all of us start to build up the initiating pathology of Alzheimer's, which is amyloid plaque in the brain and the neurofibrillary tangles.
Increasingly, there are imaging technologies that allow you to look at deposited amyloid plaque and even deposited tau in the brain.
Hand painted a plaque with footprints for 2/24/09. He was born on the 23rd. I think it must be February.
I'm very pleased with the result, the 6 mg/kg dose fit in quite nicely on one measure( plaque reduction), and on another measure it came within the ballpark.
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- الترسباتArabic
- таҡтаташBashkir
- plakCzech
- Plaque, Zahnbelag, PlaketteGerman
- πλάκα, αθήρωμαGreek
- پلاکPersian
- aterooma, plakki, plaketti, valtimonrasvoittumaFinnish
- plakIndonesian
- placcaItalian
- 歯垢Japanese
- plakkNorwegian
- plakkNorwegian Nynorsk
- мемориальная доска, бляха, бляшка, зубной каменьRussian
- plackSwedish
- தகடுTamil
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