plaque

plaque (plak)

noun

1. any thin, flat piece of metal, wood, etc., with a picture, design in relief, etc., hung as on a wall for ornamentation
2. a wall tablet inscribed to commemorate an event, identify a building, etc.
a platelike brooch worn as a badge or ornament
1. an abnormal patch on the skin, mucous membrane, etc.
2. a thin, transparent film on a tooth surface, containing mucin, bacteria, etc.: if not removed it forms tartar and promotes tooth decay
3. a deposit of fatty or fibrous material in a blood vessel wall

Etymology: Fr < MDu placke, disk, spot, patch

Preposition: of

psoriasis: Clinically these lesions can often resemble a plaque of psoriasis or even eczema.

Converse of object

unveil: She also unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.
engrave: Memorial benches You can buy hardwood benches with engraved plaques for dedication at all of our cemetery sites.
inscribe: A small, inscribed plaque is placed in front of the rose.
erect: The blue plaque erected in 1954 can be seen.
enamel: It is a four sided obelisk made from Portland stone with Bronze and enamel plaques on all four sides of the base.

Adjective modifier

commemorative: Commemorative plaques will be available for purchase at a later date.
pleural: We should say, ' Okay, you say pleural plaques don't count.
atherosclerotic: Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans, but non-human primates do not form atherosclerotic plaque like humans either.
amyloid: The composition of amyloid plaques has also been studied in great detail.
atheromatous: Fatty deposits, called atheromatous plaques, can build up over time and block the artery.
arterial: Thrombosis of a coronary or carotid arterial plaque has obvious potentially fatal consquences!

Modifies a noun

psoriasis: It generally appears on people who have unstable plaque psoriasis, where lesions are not clearly defined.
rupture: Plaque rupture is probably caused by a combination of several factors.
build-up: Long before the first signs of Alzheimer's dementia, a protein called beta-amyloid begins to create plaque build-up in the brain.

Noun used with modifier

memorial: On the church wall is a memorial plaque to the crew of a Greek ship lost in a storm in the twenties.
brass: The brass plaque details ' Improved Steel Case ' .
bronze: The bronze plaque on the tomb commemorating her, has recently been stolen.
marble: East wall:- the Creed on a marble plaque with a wooden surround, to the south of the east window.
whalebone: The excavation produced one of Orkney's most distinctive archeological discoveries - the Scar whalebone plaque.

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