Plaque
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Plaque or placque may refer to:
- Commemorative plaque, a plate or tablet fixed to a wall to mark an event, person, etc.
- Plaquette, a small plaque in bronze or other materials
- Memorial Plaque (medallion), issued to next-of-kin of dead British military personnel after World War I
- Plaque, a rectangular casino token
In biology
- Amyloid plaque
- Atheroma or atheromatous plaque, a buildup of deposits within the wall of an artery
- Dental plaque, a biofilm that builds up on teeth
- Mucoid plaque, a supposed thick coating of abnormal mucous material in the colon
- A broad papule, a type of cutaneous condition
- Pleural plaque, associated with mesothelioma, a cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos
- Senile plaques, an extracellular protein deposit in the brain implicated in Alzheimer's disease
- Viral plaque, a visible structure formed by virus propagation within a cell culture
See also
- All pages beginning with "Plaque"
- All pages with titles containing Plaque
- Builder's plate
- Plac (disambiguation)
- Placard
- Plack (disambiguation)
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