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plaque

noun/plæk/

A2CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A soft, sticky biofilm of bacteria that forms continuously on tooth surfaces and gum margins.

If plaque is not removed daily, it hardens into calculus that only a professional clean can shift.

Similar: biofilm, dental plaque

Topic: Dentistry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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