plak.
plaque:
Meaning & usage
plaque: a clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
plaque: a broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin
plaque: an abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch plak, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from *Old Dutch plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).
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