bacterial plaque

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noun

another term for dental plaque

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Words nearby bacterial plaque

bacteria, bacteria bed, bacterial canker, bacterial endocarditis, bacterial infection, bacterial plaque, bactericidal, bactericide, bacterin, bacterio-, bacteriochlorophyll

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How to use bacterial plaque in a sentence

Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
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The quote appears on the bronze plaque the players touch before they take the field for home games.
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After their split, Jim Friel died shockingly at age 48 of bacterial meningitis.
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The plaque honoring “la Nueve” speaks to how memory is often overlaid by the hedging of history.
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He recently received federal funding to research PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), a bioplastic made through bacterial fermentation.
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A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.
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Wright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
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The damage which they do to the mucous membrane favors bacterial invasion.
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The bacterial infection was proved by culture from the eyes and nose, usually yielding the staphylococcus.
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The wine would cleanse and at least inhibit bacterial growth.
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