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Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation:
*IPA|/pl��k/
*rhymes|��k
Australian English:
*IPA|/pla�k/
*rhymes|��k
General American:
*IPA|/plæk/
*audio|en-us-plaque.ogg|Audio (US)
*rhymes|æk

Noun
plaque

1. Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
2. an accumulation of bacteria on teeth
3. medicine an accumulation of fat, usually cholesterol, in blood vessels
4. biology a clearing in a bacteria|bacterial lawn caused by a virus

Translations
trans-top|accumulation of bacteria on teeth
Czech: plak m
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• 2007-08-11 02:27 - AutoFormat - -''(biology)'' +{{biology}}, -''(medicine)'' +{{medicine}}

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