plaque
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
dentistry
entertainment
lifestyle
medicine
music
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).
The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.
Inflected forms:
form: plaques
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: But on this June evening when Bond walked through the 'kitchen' into the salle privée, it was with a sensation of confidence and cheerful anticipation that he changed a million francs into plaques of fifty mille and took a seat […]
gloss: A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: blown plaques
aconcussion plaques
gloss: A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: amyloid plaque
apleural plaque
asenile plaque
gloss: An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn't entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
gloss: An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: placard
placula
plaquet
Derived words: antiplaque
blue plaque
immunoplaque
intraplaque
megaplaque
microplaque
mucoid plaque
nonplaque
periplaque
plaqueless
plaquelike
plaquette
plaquing
uroplaque
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: пла́ка
roman: pláka
lang: Finnish
word: plakki
lang: Italian
word: placca
lang: Polish
word: blaszka