Plaque — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

a memorial made of brass

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈæk/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈak/

1 syllable Say it as /plˈæk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

memorial tablet brass

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Plakette

(Pathologie) ein kleiner abnormaler Fleck am oder im Körper

🇪🇸Spanish

placa

(patología) una pequeña mancha anormal en o dentro del cuerpo

🇮🇹Italian

placca

(patologia) una piccola zona anormale sul o all'interno del corpo

🇳🇱Dutch

plaquette

(pathologie) een kleine abnormale plek op of in het lichaam

🇵🇹Portuguese

placa

(patologia) uma pequena mancha anormal no corpo ou dentro dele

🇷🇺Russian

бляшка

(патология) небольшое аномальное пятно на теле или внутри него.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पट्टिका

(पैथोलॉजी) शरीर पर या उसके अंदर एक छोटा सा असामान्य पैच

🇧🇩Bengali

ফলক

(প্যাথলজি) শরীরের উপর বা ভিতরে একটি ছোট অস্বাভাবিক প্যাচ

🇮🇳Tamil

தகடு

(நோயியல்) உடலில் அல்லது உள்ளே ஒரு சிறிய அசாதாரண இணைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫలకం

(పాథాలజీ) శరీరం మీద లేదా లోపల ఒక చిన్న అసాధారణ పాచ్

🇮🇳Marathi

फलक

(पॅथॉलॉजी) शरीरावर किंवा आत एक लहान असामान्य पॅच

🇮🇳Gujarati

તકતી

(પેથોલોજી) શરીર પર અથવા અંદર એક નાનો અસામાન્ય પેચ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ಲೇಕ್

(ರೋಗಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ) ದೇಹದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಥವಾ ಒಳಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಸಹಜ ತೇಪೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫലകം

(പാത്തോളജി) ശരീരത്തിനകത്തോ ഉള്ളിലോ ഉള്ള ഒരു ചെറിയ അസാധാരണ പാച്ച്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਖ਼ਤੀ

(ਪੈਥੋਲੋਜੀ) ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਜਾਂ ਅੰਦਰ ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਜਿਹਾ ਅਸਧਾਰਨ ਪੈਚ

🇵🇰Urdu

تختی

(پیتھالوجی) جسم پر یا اس کے اندر ایک چھوٹا سا غیر معمولی پیچ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

牌匾

（病理学）身体上或内部的小异常斑块

🇯🇵Japanese

プラーク

(病理) 体の表面または内部にある小さな異常な斑点

🇰🇷Korean

액자

(병리) 신체 위나 내부에 작은 비정상적인 반점

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mảng bám

(bệnh lý) một mảng nhỏ bất thường trên hoặc bên trong cơ thể

🇹🇭Thai

คราบจุลินทรีย์

(พยาธิวิทยา) รอยผิดปกติเล็กๆ น้อยๆ บนหรือภายในร่างกาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

plak

(Patologi) tambalan kecil yang tidak normal pada atau di dalam tubuh

🇵🇭Filipino

plaka

(patolohiya) isang maliit na abnormal na patch sa o sa loob ng katawan

🇲🇾Malay

plak

(patologi) tompok kecil yang tidak normal pada atau di dalam badan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لوحة

(علم الأمراض) رقعة صغيرة غير طبيعية على الجسم أو داخله

🇮🇷Persian

پلاک

(آسیب شناسی) یک لکه غیر طبیعی کوچک روی یا داخل بدن

🇹🇷Turkish

plak

(patoloji) vücudun üzerinde veya içinde küçük anormal bir yama

🇮🇱Hebrew

לוּחִית

(פתולוגיה) כתם לא נורמלי קטן על הגוף או בתוכו

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