Plaque
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Plaque or placque may refer to:
- Commemorative plaque, a flat ornamental plate or tablet fixed to a wall, used to mark a significant event, person, etc.
- Memorial plaque, issued to next-of-kin of dead British military personnel after WWI
- Plaque, a rectangular Casino token
- Plaque, a thin layer of one metal, such as gold or silver, onto the surface of another. For example, a piece of jewelry which has "plaque g 10 microns" has a 10 micron thick layer of gold plating.
In biology:
- Dental plaque, a biofilm that builds up on teeth
- Atheromatous plaque, a buildup of white blood cell (sometimes termed fatty, despite absence of adipocytes) deposits within the wall of an artery
- Mucoid plaque, a supposed thick coating of abnormal mucous material in the colon
- Viral plaque, a visible structure formed by virus propagation within a cell culture
- Senile plaques, an extracellular protein buildup implicated in various diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease
- Plaque (dermatology) as in broad papule
- Pleural plaque, pleural fibrosis, often caused by exposure to asbestos
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