STRETCH MARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stretch mark mean? 

• STRETCH MARK (noun)
  The noun STRETCH MARK has 1 sense:

1. a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)

  Familiarity information: STRETCH MARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRETCH MARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stretch mark" is a kind of...):

band; banding; stria; striation (a stripe or stripes of contrasting color)

Domain category:

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual has or had a problem with their skin being fragile, easily bruised, or developing stretch marks.

(Have Problem with Fragile Skin or Bruising, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms of Cushing syndrome include a round face, thin arms and legs, severe fatigue and muscle weakness, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, purple or pink stretch marks on the skin, and weight gain, especially in the abdomen.

(Cushing syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Symptoms include a round face, thin arms and legs, severe fatigue and muscle weakness, high blood pressure and high blood sugar, purple or pink stretch marks on the skin, and weight gain, especially in the abdomen.

(Cushing disease, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include a round face, upper body obesity, fragile and thin skin, purple stretch marks in the skin, fatigue, muscle weakness, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypertrichosis and amenorrhea in women, impotence in men, and osteoporosis.

(Cushing syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)