stria

Nouns

  • (n) 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,
  • (n) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
    • chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
    • the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
    banding, striation, band,

Synonyms

striation banding band

Words of close approximity

strip Strix
Strad strap straw stray strep strew strip Strix strop strum strut
striate striate area striate body striate cortex striated muscle striated muscle cell striated muscle fiber striated muscle tissue striate vein striation striatum