Look up: Plaque


  1. plaque
    Type: Term Pronunciation: plak Definitions: 1. A patch or small differentiated area on a body surface (skin, mucosa, or arterial endothelium) or on the cut surface of an organ such as the brain; in skin, a circumscribed, elevated, superficial, and solid area exceeding 1 cm in diameter. 2. An area of...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=69405

  2. plaque
    flat metal on a wall as a memorial 
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  3. Plaque
    a buildup of bacteria and minerals on the teeth that forms a hard coating and can lead to gum disease.
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  4. Plaque
    A clear spot on a lawn of bacteria or cultured cells where cells have been Iysed by viral infection.
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  5. Plaque
    A localised circular area of viral lysis of host cells on a lawn of such cells.
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  6. Plaque
    is a film of bacteria in a matrix of salivary and bacterial polymers. It can be called a biofilm as it has a complex population of organisms which when mature, reach an ecological balance with one another.
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  7. plaque
    [n] - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
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  8. Plaque
    a sticky film that accumulated on teeth.
    Found op http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/glossary.html

  9. Plaque
    is a deposit of fatty substances on the inside of an artery wall. Plaques may become unstable and rupture or breakup, causing damage to the blood vessel wall. The body responds to the breakup by making platelets clump together to producing a clot, a thrombus, and this may cause a partial or complete...
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  10. Plaqué
    a point attack that lands flat
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  11. Plaque
    an area of build-up of fat deposits in an artery, causing narrowing of the artery and possibly heart disease; dental plaque refers to a coating on the teeth, consisting of saliva, bacteria, and food debris, which causes tooth decay
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  12. Plaque
    An old term for blood platelets
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  1. Plaque
    Plaque: 1. An semi-hardened accumulation of substances from fluids that bathe an area. Examples include dental plaque and cholesterol plaque. Minerals form dental plaque around the teeth as a result of bacterial action on food particles. Dental plaque provides an ideal environment for dental caries ...
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  2. plaque
    Ceramic panel with relief or painted decoration for walls or furniture. A tableau is a large, painted porcelain plaque with an integral frame.
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  3. Plaque
    Plaque noun [ French Confer Plack , and see Placard .] 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 decoratio...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/101

  4. plaque
    <dentistry> Dental plaque is a combination of food (left in the mouth after eating), bacteria (which live in the mouth) and bacterial byproducts (acidic wastes). These acidic wastes can break down the tooth enamel leading to tooth decay. ... Plaque also irritates the gum tissue (see gingivitis...
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  5. plaque
    noun (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
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  6. plaque
    (plak) any patch or flat area. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion with a diameter equal to or greater than 1.0 cm (0.5 cm according to some authorities); see also papule. dental plaque.
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  7. Plaque
    • (n.) 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.
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  8. plaque
    (from the article `medal`) In England, Thomas and Abraham Simon produced cast portrait medals of great refinement in a northern European realistic tradition. The cast portrait ... ...appears in a rather crude form in Protoliterate times. In the final phase of the Early Dynastic period, its style bec...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/77

  9. plaque
    (from the article `tooth`) ...disease of the teeth among humans. Apart from the common cold, it is perhaps the most frequent disease in contemporary society. Tooth decay ... ...primarily Streptococcus mutans, in the dental plaque metabolize simple sugars and other fermentable carbohydrates into acid...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/77

  10. plaque
    (from the article `virus`) ...their ability to break apart (lyse) adjoining bacteria in an area of bacteria (lawn) overlaid with an inert gelatinous substance called agar—viral ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/77

  11. plaque
    1. a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
    2. a memorial made of brass

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  12. Plaque
    is a film of bacteria in a matrix of salivary and bacterial polymers. It can be called a biofilm as it has a complex population of organisms which when mature, reach an ecological balance with one another.
    Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html

  13. Plaque
    A soft sticky substance that accumulates on teeth composed largely of bacteria and bacterial derivatives.
    Found op http://www.mytonparkdental.co.uk/glossary-of-terms.html

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