streak

streak
A line, stria, or stripe, especially one that is indistinct or evanescent. [A.S. strica]
- angioid streaks calcification of lamina basalis choroideae visible in the peripapillary fundus oculi; associated with pseudoexanthoma elasticum, sickle cell disease, and Paget disease; predisposing to choroidal neovascularization. SYN: elastosis dystrophica, Knapp streaks, Knapp striae.
- germinal s. SYN: primitive s..
- gonadal s. a form of aplasia in which the ovary is replaced by a functionless tissue, as found in Turner syndrome. SYN: s. gonad.
- Knapp streaks SYN: angioid streaks.
- meningitic s. a line of redness resulting from drawing a point across the skin, especially notable in cases of meningitis. SYN: Trousseau spot.
- Moore lightning streaks photopsia manifested by vertical flashes of light, seen usually on the temporal side of the affected eye, caused by the involutional shrinkage of vitreous humor.
- primitive s. ridge of epiblast in the midline at the caudal end of the embryonic disk from which arises the intraembryonic mesoderm and definitive endoderm; achieved by inward and then lateral migration of cells; in human embryos, it appears on day 15 and provides visual evidence of the cephalocaudal axis. SYN: germinal s..

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streak 'strēk n
1) a usu. irregular line or stripe see PRIMITIVE STREAK
2) inoculum implanted (as with a needle drawn across the surface) in a line on a solid medium
streak vt to implant (inoculum) in a line on a solid medium

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n.
(in anatomy) a line, furrow, or narrow band. See also primitive streak.

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(strēk) a line, stria, striation, or stripe.

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