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stria
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stria
1. Geology any of the parallel scratches or grooves on the surface of a rock caused by abrasion resulting from the passage of a glacier, motion on a fault surface, etc.
2. fine ridges and grooves on the surface of a crystal caused by irregular growth
3. Biology anatomy a narrow band of colour or a ridge, groove, or similar linear mark, usually occurring in a parallel series
4. Architect a narrow channel, such as a flute on the shaft of a column

stria [′strī·ə]
(biology)
A minute line, band, groove, or channel.


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Though Spencer measured a few striae he did not map them systematically, as Chamberlin and his associates did (particularly Leverett), nor did he pay any attention to the evidence of erratic boulder trains.
Dermatologists have been using PDL for years to manage cutaneous vascular lesions, and they have expanded its use to include the treatment of telangiectasias, hypertrophic scars, keloids, and striae.
3 Striae atrophicae Atrophy blanche (of Milian) 701.
 
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