plaque
English Thesaurus
1. a memorial made of brass (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | memorial, monument, |
| definition | : | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events (noun.artifact) |
2. (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaque, |
| definition | : | a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | arterial plaque, |
| definition | : | a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | bacterial plaque, dental plaque, |
| definition | : | a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries (noun.body) |
| domain category | : | pathology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases (noun.cognition) |
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