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Any of a series of red (or purple or faded), irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They may appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty, obesity, rapid muscle growth or family history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
Examples
- Nobody in Cameron's family has stretch marks, and he thinks it's because their tissues grow slowly enough for the skin to catch up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: band, banding, stria, striation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَلَامَة تَمَدُّد
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Arabic:
عَلَامَة مَطّ
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Catalan:
estria
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Chinese Mandarin:
萎縮紋 /萎缩纹
(wěisuōwén)
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Chinese Mandarin:
妊娠紋 /妊娠纹
(rènshēnwén)
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Dutch:
striae
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Finnish:
arpijuova
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Finnish:
raskausarpi
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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French:
vergeture
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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German:
Dehnungsstreifen
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Greek:
ραγάδα
(ragáda)
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Italian:
smagliatura
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Norwegian Bokmål:
strekkmerke
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
strekkmerke
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Occitan:
vergetadura
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Polish:
rozstęp
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Portuguese:
estria
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Romanian:
vergeturi
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Spanish:
estría
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Swedish:
hudbristning
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Swedish:
bristning
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Turkish:
çatlak
— stripes on the surface of the skin
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Turkish:
vücut çatlağı
— stripes on the surface of the skin
