stria
pronunciation
How to pronounce stria in British English:
UK [straɪə]
How to pronounce stria in American English:
US [straɪə]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a stripe of contrasting color
Word Origin
- stria (n.)
- plural striae, "narrow stripe, groove," 1560s, from Latin stria "a furrow, flute of a column" (see striate).
Example
- 1. British nyr new organic wild rose to stria cream 50g total .
- 2. Active carbon particulate-proof respirator mask with breathing vavle and stria verge .
- 3. Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis on memory formation precesses : interaction between norepinephrine and glutamate .