Synonyms for plaque
plækplaque

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1. plaquenoun

   (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

   Synonyms:
   brass, memorial tablet

2. brass, memorial tablet, plaquenoun

   a memorial made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, brass, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

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1. • Memorial
   • Pathology
   • Spot

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1. bacteria

   bacteria build up

   the hygienist said that i have a lot of plaque build up, an that i might have gingivitis

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

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1. List of paraphrases for "plaque":

   plate, plates, placard, plaques, badge, slab, lysis, nameplate

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1. Jeff Sevigny:

   I'm very pleased with the result, the 6 mg/kg dose fit in quite nicely on one measure( plaque reduction), and on another measure it came within the ballpark.

2. Ken Slater:

   His efforts also paid for a Chair of Honor in remembrance of soldiers Missing in Action or Prisoners of War. He will also have a folded flag with a plaque that will represent the people donating to the project.

3. Doug Williamson:

   Increasingly, there are imaging technologies that allow you to look at deposited amyloid plaque and even deposited tau in the brain.

4. Laura Weyrich:

   This method really is a new groundbreaking way to do that, we figured out that we could obtain bacterial DNA from dental plaque that was calcified on ancient skeletons. This is the first time it has been applied on an extinct species. Join the conversationSee the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter.

5. Rudy Tanzi:

   It's all about hitting the right person with the right drug, at the right time in the course of their disease, many people may not know this, but after 40 years old, just about all of us start to build up the initiating pathology of Alzheimer's, which is amyloid plaque in the brain and the neurofibrillary tangles.