Plaque may refer to:
Commemorations or awards
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Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...
, a plate or tablet fixed to a wall to mark an event, person, etc.
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Memorial Plaque (medallion), issued to next-of-kin of dead British military personnel after World War I
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Plaquette
A plaquette (, ''small plaque'') is a small low relief sculpture in bronze or other materials. These were popular in the Italian Renaissance and later. They may be commemorative, but especially in the Renaissance and Mannerist periods were of ...
, a small plaque in bronze or other materials
Science and healthcare
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Amyloid plaque
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Atheroma or atheromatous plaque, a buildup of deposits within the wall of an artery
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Dental plaque
Dental plaque is a biofilm of microorganisms (mostly bacteria, but also fungi) that grows on surfaces within the mouth. It is a sticky colorless deposit at first, but when it forms tartar, it is often brown or pale yellow. It is commonly found be ...
, a biofilm that builds up on teeth
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papule, a type of cutaneous condition
* Pleural plaque, associated with
mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). The most common area affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall. Less commonly the lining ...
, cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos
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Senile plaques, an extracellular protein deposit in the brain implicated in Alzheimer's disease
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Skin plaque, a plateau-like lesion that is greater in its diameter than in its depth
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Viral plaque, a visible structure formed by virus propagation within a cell culture
Other uses
* Plaque, a rectangular
casino token
Casino tokens (also known as casino or gaming chips, checks, cheques or poker chips) are small discs used in terms of currency in casinos. Colored metal, injection-molded plastic or compression molded clay tokens of various denominations are us ...
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Builder's plate
A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to railway locomotives and rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, large household appliances, bridges, ships and more. It gives such information as the name o ...
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Plac (disambiguation)
Plac may refer to:
* Pro-Life Amendment Campaign (PLAC), anti-abortion campaigners in Ireland, 1983
* Plač, village in northeastern Slovenia
* ''Plac'', Polish for town square, see List of city squares#Poland
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* Klonownica-Plac, a vi ...
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Placard A placard is a notice installed in a public place, like a small card, sign, or plaque. It can be attached to or hung from a vehicle or building
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less perma ...
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Plack (disambiguation)
Plack may refer to:
* Plack (coin), an ancient Scottish coin
* Plack (software), a set of tools for running Perl-based Web applications and frameworks
* Plack (horse)
People with the surname
* Adam Plack, Australian musician, composer and produc ...
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Plague (disambiguation)
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
*Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis''
* An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
* A pandemic caused by such a disease
* A swarm of pes ...
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