Assertion: atherosclerosis | /r/HasProperty | pathology
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text: As nouns the difference between plaque and atherosclerosis is that plaque is 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 while atherosclerosis is (pathology) the clogging or hardening of arteries]] or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of [[fat|fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).