Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin, narrow groove or channel.
- noun A thin line or band, especially one of several that are parallel or close together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anat., zoöl., and botany, a stripe or streak; a line, or linear marking, whether of elevation or depression—as a ridge or a furrow—or of texture or color. See cuts under brain, muscle, and Diatomaceæ.
- noun In architecture, a fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, and the like.
- noun In pathology, a linear hemorrhagic macula.
- noun An imperfection in the form of a streak or band, whether a discoloration or an irregularity of structure, especially in glass.
- noun plural In electricity, the peculiar stratifications of the light observed in vacuum-tubes (Geissler tubes) upon the passage of an electrical discharge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation.
- noun (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stripe , usually one of a set ofparallel stripes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- noun a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The upper portion of the spiral ligament contains numerous capillary loops and small bloodvessels, and is termed the stria vascularis.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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These different nuclei are connected by a strand of fibers called the stria terminalis to a part of the hypothalamus called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalus.
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These different nuclei are connected by a strand of fibers called the stria terminalis to a part of the hypothalamus called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalus.
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These different nuclei are connected by a strand of fibers called the stria terminalis to a part of the hypothalamus called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalus.
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There are the Pacific seahorse Hippocampus ingens (VU) and two endemic sea stars Tamaria stria and Narcissia gracilis malpeloensis.
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Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide afferents to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the rat: an immunohistochemical and biochemical study.
More Parts of the Puzzle Zoe Brain 2008
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The limbic system and hypothalamus are important because of roles in reproduction; specific nuclei show sexual dimorphism on postmortem studies bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, suprachiasmatic nucleus, and the interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus , although it is unknown when these differences emerge.
It's Easier to make a Hole than a Pole Zoe Brain 2008
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This post is about the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis BSTc, a collection of cells in the hypothalamus.
Archive 2005-06-01 Zoe Brain 2005
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This post is about the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis BSTc, a collection of cells in the hypothalamus.
Brain Structure Zoe Brain 2005
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It's the bed nucleus of the stria terminalus of the hypothalamus.
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