stretch mark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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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.
She hadn't even looked pregnant, especially with her clothes on. She'd gotten only one stretch mark. A thin, jagged line on her left booty cheek.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 99: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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stretch marks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
striae · striae atrophicae · striae gravidarum · stria · vergetures · striae distensae
Translations (23)
de Dehnungsstreifen (stripes on the surface of the skin) · nl striae (stripes on the surface of the skin) · el ραγάδα (stripes on the surface of the skin) · fr vergeture (stripes on the surface of the skin) · ro vergeturi (stripes on the surface of the skin) · pl rozstęp (stripes on the surface of the skin) · sv bristning (stripes on the surface of the skin) · ca estria (stripes on the surface of the skin) · nb strekkmerke (stripes on the surface of the skin) · tr vücut çatlağı (stripes on the surface of the skin) · cmn 妊娠紋 /妊娠纹 (stripes on the surface of the skin) · sv hudbristning (stripes on the surface of the skin) · it smagliatura (stripes on the surface of the skin) · fi raskausarpi (stripes on the surface of the skin) · oc vergetadura (stripes on the surface of the skin) · cmn 萎縮紋 /萎缩纹 (stripes on the surface of the skin) · es estría (stripes on the surface of the skin) · nn strekkmerke (stripes on the surface of the skin) · ar عَلَامَة مَطّ (stripes on the surface of the skin) · ar عَلَامَة تَمَدُّد (stripes on the surface of the skin) · pt estria (stripes on the surface of the skin) · tr çatlak (stripes on the surface of the skin) · fi arpijuova (stripes on the surface of the skin)