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 oft ...
, 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, a biofilm that builds up on teeth
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papule, a type of cutaneous condition
* Pleural plaque, associated with
mesothelioma, 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 of ...
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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
See also
* Klonownica-Plac
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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 to indicate information about the vehicle operator or contents of a vehicle or building. It can also refe ...
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Plack (disambiguation)
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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
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