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plaque

1. Pathol any small abnormal patch on or within the body, such as the typical lesion of psoriasis
2. short for dental plaque
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Plaque

A tablet, often inscribed, added to or set into a surface on the exterior or interior wall.
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plaque

[plak]
(medicine)
A patch, or an abnormal flat area on any internal or external body surface.
A localized area of atherosclerosis.
(virology)
A clear area representing a colony of viruses on a plate culture formed by lysis of the host cell.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

plaque

A tablet that is affixed to the surface of a wall or set into a wall; often inscribed to commemorate a special event or to serve as a memorial.
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Plaque Property: (1) Mixed plaque: if the same section shows multiple kinds of echo, the plaque is mixed plaque; (2) Calcified plaque: echo intensity of the plaque exceeds adventitia echo of coronary artery wall, accompanied with acoustic shadow at the rear of the plaque; (3) Fiber plaque: echo intensity of the plaque is similar to adventitia echo of coronary artery wall; (4) Lipid plaque: plaque echo is lower than adventitia echo of coronary artery wall.7
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Scientists have found interactive effects between traditional risk factors and novel risk factors for human carotid atherosclerotic plaques.[sup][2],[3] For example, the frequency of carotid nonhyperechoic plaque was significantly increased in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with carotid stenosis and heat shock protein 70-2 gene B [sup]+ allele (at position 1267), compared with the frequency in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with carotid stenosis and heat shock protein 70-2 gene B [sup]− allele (at position 1267).[sup][2] In patients with hypoechogenic carotid plaques on ultrasound and asymptomatic patients with carotid plaque progression, history of coronary disease was significantly related to the increased MMP activity.
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