stretch mark

See also: stretchmark

English

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Noun

stretch mark (plural stretch marks)

1. (dermatology) 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.

   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.

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 99:

     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.

Synonyms

• stria sg, striae pl
• striae atrophicae
• striae distensae
• striae gravidarum
• vergetures

Translations

stripes on the surface of the skin

• Arabic: علامات التمدد
• Catalan: estria (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萎縮紋 / 萎缩纹 (wěisuōwén), (caused by pregnancy) 妊娠紋 / 妊娠纹 (rènshēnwén)

• Dutch: striae (nl)
• Finnish: arpijuova, raskausarpi
• French: vergeture (fr) f
• German: Dehnungsstreifen m
• Greek: ραγάδα (el) f (ragáda)
• Italian: smagliatura (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strekkmerke n

  Nynorsk: strekkmerke n

• Occitan: vergetadura
• Polish: rozstęp (pl) m
• Portuguese: estria (pt)
• Romanian: vergeturi pl
• Spanish: estría (es)
• Swedish: hudbristning c, bristning (sv) c