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the slow-motion bacterial city building itself on your teeth while you sleep
means A thin coating or film that builds up on a surface — most commonly the sticky layer of bacteria on teeth, or the fatty deposits inside arteries; also a flat ornamental or commemorative tablet mounted on a wall.
from From French plaque, meaning a flat plate or slab, which came into French from Dutch plak, 'a flat board or tablet,' tied to the verb plakken, 'to stick or plaster.' So at its root the word is about something flat that adheres to a surface — fitting for both the brass tablet bolted to a wall and the clinging film on your teeth. The medical and dental senses are later borrowings of the same flat-and-stuck idea.
- living film
- A biofilm of 500-plus bacterial species cooperating
- hardens fast
- Becomes tartar within 24 to 72 hours
- heart link
- Oral plaque bacteria found inside arterial deposits
- name twist
- Same word honors heroes and rots molars
- disclosing dye
- Special tablets stain hidden plaque bright pink
rosetta stone — egyptian limestone slab with three scripts, discovered 1799, unlocked hieroglyphics
nobel prize plaques — bronze plaques awarded annually since 1901 in stockholm and oslo
apollo 11 moon plaque — silicon disk left on the moon july 1969 by neil armstrong and buzz aldrin
dental plaque — sticky biofilm on teeth containing bacteria, primary cause of tooth decay