stria (redirected from striae gravidarum)

stri·a  (str)

n. pl. stri·ae (str)

1. A thin, narrow groove or channel.

2. A thin line or band, especially one of several that are parallel or close together: a characteristic stria of contractile tissue.

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[Latin; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

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stria [strye-a, strye-ee]

Noun

pl striae Geol a scratch or groove on the surface of a rock crystal [Latin: a groove]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stria - any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue striation groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
	2.	stria - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" banding, striation, band collar - (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal stretch mark - a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) streak, stripe, bar - a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"