plak

Pronunciation: /ˈplak/

“plak” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

a clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
a broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin
an abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease

Etymology

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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